Obese children face serious health problems, now and late
SALT LAKE CITY – Nearly one-fourth of Utah third-graders are at an unhealthy weight, and more boys than girls are overweight or obese. These statistics, along with new facts about childhood unhealthy weight in Utah, were released Wednesday in the Childhood Overweight in Utah, 2012 report.
“The report is being released during National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month to highlight a public health problem plaguing our youth,” said Melanie Wallentine, Health Communications Specialist with the Utah Department of Health’s Physical Activity, Nutrition & Obesity Program.
If left unchecked, conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, once primarily affecting adults, will increasingly bombard children.
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