Overweight and Obesity in Illinois Data indicate that 68 percent of American adults are either overweight Body Mass Index (BMI) equal to 25.0 to 29.9 or obese with BMI greater than 30. Illinois adults are slightly lower (63.7%) than the national average in the combined category (36% overweight and 27.7% obese). (Figure 1). Illinois ranks as the 23 rd fattest state –F as in Fat

Overweight and Obesity According to NHANES, 16.9% of children ages 2-19 are obese and 31.7% are either overweight or obese. This translates to more than 12 million children and adolescents who are obese and more than 23 million who are either overweight or obese.

Overweight and Obesity in Illinois There are also 300,000 overweight or obese children under the age of 5 in Illinois. –Cities of Bloomington/Normal times 3

Enough to fill all the seats in Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, and US Cellular stadium twice.

Overweight and Obesity in Illinois Thirty percent of low-income children between 2 and 5 years of age are overweight or at immediate risk of becoming overweight.

Adiposity Rebound

Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in overweight among US children and adolescents, JAMA 2002;288:

Obesity in 3000 NYC Children NYC Vital Signs June 2003

Overweight in Chicago Public Schools Students ( At Kindergarten Entry ) 95 th % BMI

Prevalence >95 th % BMI Prevalence of Overweight in Children ^ CLOCC data (3-7 yrs) * SUHI data (2-12 yrs)