Poor teens are nearly three times more likely to be obese than other teens, according to new research from UCLA. Twenty-one percent of low-income teens are obese. Only 8 percent of teens from higher earning families are obese. The policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research cites the concentration of fast-food restaurants and scarcity of parks in poor neighborhoods as contributing factors. On average, poor teens live within a half-mile of five fast food or convenience stores. That’s more than double the ratio of fast food in other neighborhoods, researchers found.
In addition to eating more fast food, low income teens are far more likely to drink soda and watch more than two hours of television a day. The kids were also less likely to play a sport.
The news comes as no surprise to Latino Health Access of Santa Ana, which this week received a $10,000 award for teaching low-income families about diet and exercise. The nonprofit offers seven-week bilingual classes that teach healthy cooking and exercise. The group received the 2008 Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Spotlight Award on Tuesday. Latino Health Access’ efforts to fight obesity were featured in the 2007 PBS documentary “FAT: What No One Is Telling You.”
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