Many live in communities with half as many supermarkets as wealthier neighborhoods. Communities with high levels of poverty are also significantly less likely to have safe places for children to play. Skip to navigation Skip to main content Skip to footer. Demand Food Equity If you believe everyone deserves access to good food, join our fight for food equity and sign our pledge. Sign the Pledge. Childhood overweight and obesity has been rising steadily in Canada in recent decades.
Most adolescents do not outgrow this problem and in fact, many continue to gain excess weight. Adults who have unhealthy weights are at increased risk of heart disease, 7 cancer, 8 strokes and type 2 diabetes. The resulting toll in dollars cost and lives lost is a call for action.
Obesity is difficult to reverse and public health measures must include effective prevention beginning in childhood as well as treatment. Registration is always open for the Generation Health program.
Click here to find out more! Statistics As of it is estimated that over million children in the world are obese and that this will increase to million by Last updated October, Atlas of Childhood Obesity. October Compared with children with a healthy weight, those with overweight or obesity are more likely to experience negative consequences 2 , including 3 :.
We urge governments and policy makers to reaffirm their commitment to addressing childhood obesity as a matter of urgency.
This will require the implementation of comprehensive national obesity strategies, building on the work of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity. We offer the only internationally recognised course on obesity management. Read more here. We offer various statistics, maps and key data around the topic of obesity. You cand find all that and more here.
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