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From 1987 to 2000, overweight and obesity increased dramatically among U.S. adults, and now obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Nearly 59 million adults are obese, and the percentage of young people who are overweight has more than doubled in the last 20 years. Fifteen percent of Americans aged 6–19 years are overweight.
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Louisiana: An analysis of data from the Bogalusa, Louisiana, heart study found that overweight and obesity among children aged 5–17 years had increased more than three-fold from 1973 to 1994. Moreover, 58% of the overweight children had at least one additional risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and more than 20% had two or more risk factors.
South Carolina: The KidsWalk-to-School program encourages children to walk to and from school in groups accompanied by adults. Walking to school helps children be more physically active, practice safe pedestrian skills, and learn about their environment. The Walkable South Carolina Committee of the South Carolina Governor’s Council on Physical Activity awarded $12,500 in grants to 58 schools around the state for Walk-to-School Day in 1999 and 2000. These grants pro-mote policy and environ-mental changes that make walking and bicycling a year-round activity for everyone. CDC provided the KidsWalk-to-School Guide to help communities develop, implement, and evaluate their walking programs.
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