“We need to find our way…we need to help our children, we need to help our planet!”
Map = “Africae nova tabula 1631″ by Hondius, Henricus (1597-1651)
“This is going to be the first generation that’s going to have a lower life expectancy than their parents, it’s like the plague is in town and no one is interested.”
Dr. Phillip Thomas.
Facts and Stats:
• “An estimated 22 million children under five are estimated to be overweight worldwide.”
• “In the USA the number of overweight children has doubled and the number of overweight adolescents has tripled since 1980.” (US Surgeon General)
• “We have truly a global epidemic which appears to be affecting most countries in the world,” said Dr. Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Task Force.
• It is a known fact that Type II diabetes in children continues to rise in children
internationally.
• “Nearly half of the children in North and South America will be overweight by 2010” International Journal of Pediatric Obesity.
• At present, nearly 8% of children 4 to 5 years of age in the United States are overweight.
• Video Games, Television, Fast Foods, School Phys ed budget cuts = sedentary lifestyle in our children
CHILDHOOD OBESITY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
CHARITABLE CAUSES