Infographic "Visualizing Development: Childhood Obesity Around the World"

The introductory text reads, Obesity now causes more deaths worldwide than malnutrition. Reductions are possible. A multifaceted prevention effort—including parents, preschools, pediatricians, and grocery stores— has reduced obesity among U. S. 2 to 5 year olds: Overall, the prevalence of obesity among adolescents (20.6 percent) and school aged children (18.4 percent) is higher than among preschool-aged children (13.9 percent) (Hales et al., 2017). However, obesity rates from age 6 to 60 remain high everywhere.

A color coded world map shows the prevalence of obesity among children around the world ranging from 5 year olds to 19 year olds. A map key to the bottom left is titled percentage of obese 5 to 19 year olds and shows 5 differently colored labels, no data; less than 10 percent; 10 to 15 percent; 15 to 20 percent; and over 20 percent.

The map shows the following data:

• In North America, the countries of Canada and Mexico show an obesity percentage of 10 to 15 percent of their populations. The United States shows an obesity percent of over 20 percent.
• The Caribbean island nations, Cuba and parts of Central America encompassing Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rice show an obesity percent of 10 to 15 percent while Guatemala and Honduras show an obesity percent of less than 10 percent.
• The continent of South America shows three major trends. The area encompassing Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay show an obesity percent of 10 to 15 percent. The countries on the west coast such as Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia show an obesity percent of less than 10 percent. Chile and Argentina show an obesity percent of 15 to 20 percent.
• In Europe, the United Kingdom, Spain, the Italian peninsula, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria and the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, and Cyprus show an obesity percent of 10 to 15 percent. The remaining countries of Europe show an obesity percent of less than 10 percent.
• In Africa, the countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Libya in the north and Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa in the south show an obesity percent of 10 to 15 percent. Egypt in the north and Angola in the south are the only countries in Africa that show an obesity percent of 15 to 20 percent.
• The remaining countries in Africa show an obesity percent of less than 10 percent
• In Asia, the Middle Eastern countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates show an obesity percent of 10 to 15 percent while Israel and Saudi Arabia show an obesity percent of 15 to 20 percent. Iran and Yemen show an obesity percent of less than 10 percent. Kuwait is another country apart from the U. S. to show an obesity percent of over 20 percent.
• China, Thailand, and Taiwan show an obesity percentage of 10 to 15 percent, while the remaining Asian countries in Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia show an obesity percent of less than 10 percent.
• In Oceania, Australia shows an obesity percent of less than 10 percent while New Zealand shows an obesity percent of 15 to 20 percent.

A subheading reads "Factors Contributing to Childhood Obesity, by the Numbers." An introductory text reads, Children’s exposure to televised ads for unhealthy food continues to correlate with childhood obesity (e.g., Hewer, 2014), but nations differ. For instance, in stark contrast with the United States, the United Kingdom has banned television advertising of foods high in fat, sugar, and salt to children under age 16. Parents can help by limiting screen time and playing outside with their children. The community matters as well: When neighborhoods have no safe places to play, rates of obesity soar.

An infographic shows several factors that contribute to obesity. The center of the graphic has an illustration of a fast food hamburger, French fries, and a soda. Eight different factors surround the illustration, each connected to it by a dotted line. The factors are as follows.

• 3: The average number of hours per day U S 5 to 8-year-olds spend with television and other digital media.
• 80%: The percentage of all advertisements in U S children’s programming that are for fast food and snacks.
• 11: The number of food ads that U S children see per hour of television viewing.
• 1: The minimum number of hours children should be actively moving (either in organized or spontaneous lay) each day, according to the World Health Organization.
• 12 of 3,039: The number of fast-food meal combinations, out of a possible 3,039, that meet nutritional criteria for preschoolers.
• 110,000,000,000: The amount of money, in billions, that Americans spend on fast food annually. (This is more than what is spent on higher education, computers, and cars.)
• 6: The number of pounds per year that result from these extra fast-food calories.
• 30%: The percentage of U S children who eat fast food on any given day.