September 10, 2013

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

We can create healthy communities for children to live, learn, and play

Data reported recently in CDC’s Vital Signs showed the first signs of a small decline in the rate of childhood obesity among low-income preschoolers in the U.S. Despite this promising news, still about 1 in 8 preschoolers and 17% of all children are obese in this nation. There is no single or simple solution to childhood obesity. It is influenced by many different factors, including a lack of access to healthy food and drinks as well as limited opportunities for physical activity in the places where children live, learn, and play. Working together, states, communities, and parents can help make the healthy choice the easy choice for children and adolescents.

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month (NCOAM), and you can HELP to SPREAD the word:

• Follow @CDCObesity
• Become a fan of CDC’s Facebook page
• Share our posts throughout NCOAM with your fans, friends, and followers
• Tag your tweets #NCOAM to join the conversation
• Embed the NCOAM badge on your web site
• Send an e-card to your friends, family, neighbors and teachers

Learn more about what is being done across the country to fight childhood obesity.

More Information:

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• CDC’s Childhood Overweight and Obesity
• CDC Feature: National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• ChooseMyPlate.gov
• Let’s Move! Child Care
• Let’s Move! Salad Bars to School
• The more they burn, the better they learn
• The “Weight of the Nation for Kids”