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Understanding Today’s Obesity and Chronic Illness Epidemic<br />
Advisory Services Panel - Healthy Communities<br />
<strong>Arvada</strong> , Colorado March 2013<br />
Colorado: Concerns about Childhood Obesity<br />
• In 2004, 28.4% of children in Colorado were<br />
overweight or obese<br />
• In 2011, 31.4% of children in Colorado were<br />
overweight or obese<br />
Colorado Child Health Survey, Health Statistics Section, CDPHE<br />
• Obesity rates even higher for Colorado’s<br />
ethnic and minority children<br />
33% of Hispanic children were<br />
overweight or obese in 2010<br />
Colorado Child Health Survey, Health Statistics Section, CDPHE<br />
• This data is important for <strong>Arvada</strong>, where<br />
approximately ¼ of <strong>the</strong> population is<br />
under <strong>the</strong> age of 18<br />
U.S. Census American Community Survey<br />
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