- Regular physical activity helps maintain a healthy body
- Globally, over 40 million preschool children were overweight in 2008
- Eating a healthy diet can help prevent obesity
- Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths worldwide than underweight
- More than 1.4 billion adults were overweight in 2008, and more than half a billion obese
- Overweight and obesity are defined as "abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health"
- Children's choices, diet and physical activity habits are influenced by their surrounding environment
- Supportive environments and communities are fundamental in shaping people’s choices and preventing obesity
- For an individual, obesity is usually the result of an imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended
- Curbing the global obesity epidemic requires a population-based multisectoral, multi-disciplinary, and culturally relevant approach.source:http://www.who.int/
