The percent of the population overweight in the Capital Area has overtaken the Statewide average.
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1: The percent of the population overweight in the Capital Area has overtaken the Statewide average.
2: The biggest increase in overweight has occurred among younger people.
3: Overweight is most prevalent among people with lower incomes, especially if they are older.
4: Behavioral Risk Factor data on diets underestimates the number of servings of grains. This makes it difficult to accurately model the relationship between diet and other health and lifestyle factors.
5: The percentage of the Capital Area population that eats fruits and vegetables is slightly below the State and National averages.
6: Younger people, especially males, are unlikely to eat many servings of fruits and vegetables.
7: People who ate more fruits and vegetables weighed less. Those who ate more meat and dairy weighed more.
8: One-third of adults, and one-fifth of children do not eat breakfast. Children who eat breakfast mostly eat sugary cereals.
9: Older adults eat more grains, and less sugary cereals and less fat.
10: More than half the breakfast entres of children consist of "empty calorie" items like sugary cereals and toaster waffles.
11: The breakfast eating behavior of children is not related to poverty.
12: Children whose parents ate healthy were twice as likely to eat healthy themselves.
13: As children grow into teens the likelyhood of eating breakfast declines sharply. Other studies show that skipping breakfast affects school performance, and affects eating behavior throughout the day.
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