Obesity+Facts

These are some facts about obesity.
 * In a survey in 2007-2008 17% of adolescents 2-19 are over weight
 * Results also show that 25% of obese adults were over weight as kids
 * Some studies show that 80% of obese kids age 10-13 will be obese adults
 * There is a 50% chance that a kid will be obese if one of his or hers parents are obese
 * Childhood obesity has gone from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008
 * Obese youth are at more risk of health problems
 * One in three kids in the U.S.A. are over weight or obese
 * The U.S.A. spends 150 billion dollars a year on obesity related illnesses
 * Obese children are above the 95th percentile in the BMI
 * Obesity is an excessive amount of body weight