Children and Weight

This chart was created by Harvard Medical School and reproduced from NPR site.

A Poll about Children and Weight:

Crunch Time During the American Work and School Week

3pm
to Bed
NPR
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Harvard School of Public Health
Embargoed Until February 25, 2013

Harvard Opinion Research Program Poll about Children and Weight, October 11
November 21, 2012.
2
Embargoed Until
Feb 25, 2013
16%
16%
76%
82%
20%
28%
19%
13%
Very
Somewhat
Importance and Difficulty of Eating and Exercising
to Maintain or Achieve a Healthy Weight
Exercises in a way that helps maintain or achieve a healthy weight
Eats in a way that helps maintain or achieve a healthy weight
% children whose parents say very/somewhat
important
that the child…
95%
95%
Exercises in a way that helps them maintain or achieve a healthy weight
Eats in a way that helps them maintain or achieve a healthy weight
% children whose parents say very/somewhat difficult
to make sure child…
36%

44%
http://www.media.npr.org/2013/Children and Weight_Slides.pdf