About 1 in 8 preschoolers is obese in the US. Obesity among low-income preschoolers declined, from 2008 through 2011, in 19 of 43 states and territories studied.
Children who are overweight or obese as preschoolers are 5 times as likely as normal-weight children to be overweight or obese as adults. Obese children are more likely to become obese adults and suffer lifelong physical and mental health problems. Obesity rates in low-income preschoolers, after decades of rising, began to level off from 2003 through 2008 and now are showing small declines in many states. However, too many preschoolers are obese.
Obesity rates among preschoolers are improving, but there is more work to be done to continue this downward trend. Among low-income preschoolers (ages 2-4 years) from 2008-2011:
- Obesity rates decreased slightly in 19 of 43 states and territories.
- Obesity rates increased slightly in 3 of 43 states and territories.
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