Percentage of Overweight U.S. Children and Teens

An NCSL postcard charting the obesity epidemic in children and teens from 1963 to 2000.

Percentage of Adults Who Reported No Leisure Time Physical Activity, 2001

An NCSL postcard describing why physical activity is important in the prevention of chronic diseases and displaying the rate of physical inactivity in adults in the United States.

Obesity Among U.S. Adults, 2002

An NCSL postcard displaying the percent of U.S. adults who have a body mass index of at least 30 or are at least 30 pounds overweight.

 Vending Machines and Competitive Foods in Schools

This LegisBrief, written by the NCSL Adolescent and School Health Program, discusses how schools are supplementing their tight budgets with vending machine and other competitive food sales. Available to NCSL members only.

 Nutrition and Obesity. An Issue Brief written by NCSL's Health Policy Tracking Service (December 31, 2003 update)

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 Physical Education. An Issue Brief written by NCSL's Health Policy Tracking Service

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