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- Today's children are more likely to live shorter lives than their parents due to poor nutrition and sedentary lifestyles.
- One-third of American children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives.
- Two out of three adults and one out of three children in the U.S. are obese or overweight.
- Children and teens spend, on average, 7.5 hours on entertainment media daily and less than 1 hour outside playing.
- 60% of adults are not regularly active and 25% are not active at all.
We believe Red Wing can turn this trend around locally, one person at a time, by working together.
(The above statistics come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
To see a Power Point from the CDC showing the rapid, state-by-state increase in U.S. obesity over the last decade, click here.