Catalyst

20%	Fewer than 20 percent of elementary, middle and high school students surveyed report eating five servings of fruits and vegetables a day
47%	47 percent of 12th grade girls report drinking at least one soda a day
65%	65 percent of 12th grade boys report drinking at least one soda a day
$1.3	$1.3 billion: The overall financial burden of obesity in Minnesota, based on national estimates, was $1.3 billion in 2004.
36%	36 percent of Minnesota adults are classified as overweight based on their BMI (Body Mass Index).

10	More than ten serious health conditions are linked to obesity and overweight.
80%	Eighty percent of high school students do not eat fruits and vegetables five or more times per day.
85%	Eighty-five per cent of adolescent females do not consume enough calcium.
13%	13 percent of high school students are classified as obese based on their BMI.
16%	Nearly 16 percent of high school students are classified as overwieght based on their BMI.

1 billion	Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them obese.
75%	Current obesity levels range from below 5% in China, Japan and certain African nations, to over 75% in urban Samoa. But even in relatively low prevalence countries like China, rates are almost 20% in some cities.
22 million	An estimated 22 million children under five are estimated to be overweight worldwide.
7%	Obesity accounts for 2-6% of total health care costs in several developed countries; some estimates put the figure as high as 7%. The true costs are undoubtedly much greater as not all obesity-related conditions are included in the calculations.
x3	Obesity rates that have risen three-fold or more since 1980 in some areas of North America, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, Australasia and China.The obesity epidemic is not restricted to industrialized societies; this increase is often faster in developing countries than in the developed world.