Leadership for Healthy Communities Advancing Programs to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living

1. Childhood Obesity Prevention: Resource Toolkit Training Leadership for Healthy Communities Advancing Programs to Support Healthy Eating and Active Living

2. Module 1: Childhood Obesity & The Need for Action

3. Prevalence • Nearly 1 in 3 children and adolescents in the U.S. is obese or overweight.

4. Prevalence

5. Prevalence Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1985 No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30% Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC.

6. Prevalence Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2009 No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% 25%–29% ≥30% Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC.

7. Social Costs • Obese children have an increased risk of: • Type 2 diabetes • Cardiovascular disease • Asthma • Sleep disordered breathing • Depression

8. Social Costs • Obese children are: • More likely to be bullied or rejected by their peers • Absent from school significantly more than average-weight children

9. Effects of the Epidemic Today’s children may be the first generation to live sicker and die younger than their parents’ generation.

10. Effects of the Epidemic Employers lose roughly $73 billionper year to obesity-related costs in health care services, absenteeism and loss of worker productivity. • We could spend $344 billion in obesity-related heath care costs in 2018

11. Race, Ethnicity, Income & Geographic Disparities • African-Americans • Latinos • American Indians • Low-income populations • Residents in the Southeast region of the United States • Rural residents

12. Policymakers Have a Role to Play Barriers exist that limit residents’ abilities to access healthy foods and engage in safe physical activity. Policymakers like you can pass policies to remove these barriers and provide access to the tools that help people live healthy lives.

13. Environmental Barriers to Physical Activity Kids spend hours a day in school, but they aren’t getting enough chances to be active while there. • Only 3.8% of elementary schools provided daily physical education or an equivalent in 2006.

14. Environmental Barriers to Physical Activity Kids need safe places to play in their neighborhoods. • Communities with high levels of poverty are less likely to have parks, green spaces and bicycle paths and lanes.

15. Environmental Barriers to Physical Activity Kids need safe sidewalks and bike trails in order to walk to school and local playgrounds. in 2001. • Only 16% percent of school-aged children walked or biked to school in 2001.

16. Environmental Barriers to Accessing Healthy Foods • In some communities, parents aren’t able to purchase healthy foods because they don’t have access to a local supermarket.

17. Environmental Barriers to Accessing Healthy Foods The foods offered to kids in schools has an impact on their overall diets. • Up to 50% of total daily energy intake can be consumed at school.

18. Discussion Activity Which environmental barriers to healthy eating and active living exist in your community?