• Two-thirds of adults and nearly one in three children are overweight or obese. 
• The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. more than doubled (from 15% to 34%) among adults and more than tripled (from 5% to 17%) among children and adolescents from 1980 to 2008. 
• An obese teenager has over a 70% greater risk of becoming an obese adult.
• Obesity is more common among non-Hispanic black teenagers (29%) than Hispanic teenagers (17.5%) or non-Hispanic white teenagers (14.5%).

*Source:  Office of the Surgeon General, January 2010 

It’s time for everyone to get motivated, rally together and make a difference.  It’s time for all of us to become accountable for the health, fitness and emotional well-being of ourselves and of our children. 

American Heart Association