Corporate Involvement

The Facts

The number of overweight children between the ages of 6 - 11 has more than doubled since 1980 and for teens the rate has tripled!

Nearly one-third of US children between 4 – 19 eat fast food every day! Fast food consumption has increased fivefold among children since 1970.

By 2010 nearly half the children in North America will be overweight with 80 percent of these children will likely be overweight as adults.

Children born in the US in 2000, the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in their lives is 30% for boys and 40% for girl.

Obesity-associated annual hospital costs for children have more than tripled from $35 million in 1981 to $127 million in 1999.

Approximately 60% of obese children aged 5 to 10 years have at least one cardiovascular disease risk factor.

Corporations Have The Opportunity to Make a Difference!

Demonstrate community leadership by addressing 'head on' this major epidemic - not just for the community school children but also for your employees and their families, your vendors, and more!

Help drive down the cost of health care by implementing programs and sponsorships that proactively brings about systemic change with reagrds to nutrion, wellness, diet, and exercise therby reducing nutritionally related diseases!

For additional ideas on how you can be a part of the solution please contact a
Baux Publishing representative at:

Corporate_relations@bauxpublishing.com