Childhood obesity

An overweight teenage boy.

Captions in French, but the point is clear: English-speaking countries are where obesity is worst.

Childhood obesity consists of excess body fat that adversely affects children's health and well being. Obesity for children is especially dangerous because many overweight children will become overweight adults. Health problems related to overweight kids include but are not limited to Type 2 diabetes in adolescence and young adulthood, heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure, diseases which until recently were not common in children and teenagers.

Childhood Obesity Media

CDC Growth Charts: United States, Boys 2 - 20 years old.
CDC Growth Charts: United States, Girls 2 - 20 years old.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama with students in Virginia sampling healthy meals being introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture
Gastineau Elementary Bike to School Day
Secondary students in Havana, Cuba, during a physical education class
Walking bus, 35/9 Troja, at the entrance to the Prague Zoo.
Share of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese, World
Rates of overweight among children 2 to 19 years in the USA