CHILDHOOD OBESITY EPIDEMIC
Between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity increased 120% among African Americans and currently, 35.9% of African American children ages 2-19 are overweight or obese, compared with 31.7% of all children those ages. Given the childhood obesity epidemic in the African American Community the Southern Area of the Links, Inc. formed the Commission on Childhood Obesity Prevention.
Learn more at the link below:
Southern Area Video on Obesity Prevention Initiative