101@feddit.org to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNearly 1 in 10 Americans report they are severely obese, says study.www.voanews.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down14
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoChild obesity has been higher than the national average for the last 30 years. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity-child-17-18/obesity-child.htm
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYoung children were like half the rate of adults and adolescents. Even if you averaged the 6-11 in with them, they’d still be below adults and adolescents.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoIt’s my understanding that the US considers children to be people under 18 years of age.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWouldn’t that be minors? Still, every group except young children were about the same, so minors as a whole would still be lower than non-minors.
Child obesity has been higher than the national average for the last 30 years.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/obesity-child-17-18/obesity-child.htm
Young children were like half the rate of adults and adolescents. Even if you averaged the 6-11 in with them, they’d still be below adults and adolescents.
It’s my understanding that the US considers children to be people under 18 years of age.
Wouldn’t that be minors? Still, every group except young children were about the same, so minors as a whole would still be lower than non-minors.