Kids and Obesity
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60% of kids say it's harder to make friends when they're overweight   52% of kids think too many kids are overweight
  15%of kids' ages 9-16 years old are overweight  
54% of kids say children who are overweight eat too much and don't exercise enough   Others think fast food restaurants serve bad food
  78% think they are not overweight, 4% say they are obese, and the rest think they are overweight  
Boys don't worry about their weight as much as girls   59% of boys don't worry about their weight
  33% of girls don't worry about their weight  

           Kids Speak Up

  Kids thought of these ways to make changes:

exercise 

demonstrate healthy eating

listen to their parents when they say to stop eating 

stop eating too much junk food

listen to lessons at school about healthy eating habits    

 27% of kids thought that by joining a club, group, or team, could help with an unhealthy eating habit.