Healthy Eating
Food facts from Great Britain
One quarter of teenagers are already overweight.
• 14% of boys and 17% of girls between the ages of two and 15 are overweight.
• Nearly one quarter of adults are already overweight
• Kids with fat parents are twice as likely to become overweight
• Kids who are overweightby the age of 12 are 85% more likely to remain obese into adult life.
• Kids who are overweightin their early teens are twice as likely to die by the age of 50.
50% of children are having 1 packet of crisps a day which is the equivalent of 5 litres of cooking oil a year
A survey of 1,125 pupils shows 40% have chips at schools, while 85% have sweets, cakes or biscuits.
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