Alaska News

The kids are getting fat

36% -- Proportion of Anchorage K-12 students who are above normal weight

27% -- Proportion of Alaska high school students who are overweight or obese

15% -- Proportion of Alaska high school students who drink two or more cans of soda a day

1 in 2 -- Chances that an Alaska high school student spends more than two hours a day watching TV or on a computer for purposes other than school work

1 in 5 -- Chances that an Alaska high school student gets at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day

29% -- Proportion of Alaska 2-year-olds who consume at least one soda or sweetened drink per day

66% -- Proportion of Alaska adults who are either overweight or obese

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$195 million -- Amount that obesity costs Alaskans in direct medical expenses each year

Source: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, "Childhood Obesity in Alaska," March 2009.

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