obesity in childhood increases the adulthood risks of: type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obesity [2,5-7]. Moreover, the psychosocial burden of childhood obesity may 1. Introduction. The increasing prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity is a major public health problem. Today, one in three British and American children are overweight or obese, and obesity in early life is likely to persist into adulthood (Reilly, 2006, Ogden et al., 2014, Guo et al., 2002).It has been suggested that there is a positive relationship between the proximity to fast In Delaware, the adult and childhood overweight and obesity prevalence has also greatly affected healthcare within the State (Gupta, 2014; Chang et al., 2014; Xu et al., 2013). A recent Wesley College obesity study (D'Souza and Walls et al., 2015) determined that 29.5% of the Wesley undergraduates are overweight and 19.8% are obese. improvement's year eight Assessment of childhood and Adolescent obesity in Arkansas report. this number is followed by 42 percent of African American, 39 percent of native American, 36 percent of caucasian and 30 percent of Asian students. We know that physical activity is an essential component of a healthy Obesity has been linked to vitamin D deficiency in adults and adolescents. We aim to determine if an association exists between obesity and inadequate serum vitamin D levels among U.S. children. We will use serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (vitamin D) and body measurement data from U.S. children aged 6 -18 years examined in the Pediatric obesity remains an ongoing serious international health concern affecting ∼17% of US children and adolescents, threatening their adult health and longevity. Pediatric obesity has its basis in genetic susceptibilities influenced by a permissive environment starting in utero and extending through childhood and adolescence. Endocrine Preventing and addressing obesity . 11-13. Reducing tobacco use . 13-14. B. Priority Area: Promoting Healthy Women, Infants and Children. 14-15. Supporting families through parenting, early childhood, and teen pregnancy prevention programs . 14-15. C. Community needs not addressed and why. 15 Standard errors here and in all subsequent tables are clustered at the marriage market level. The basic OLS estimate (without controls) of the effect of sex-ratio on obesity is - 0.18. The interpretation of this magnitude requires us to consider a quantitatively meaningful and feasible change in the sex-ratio. Childhood obesity is a worldwide epidemic that disproportionally affects certain racial/ethnic groups [].Mexico is among the countries with the highest prevalence of childhood obesity [2, 3].Obesity is more prevalent in Mexican-American children than their white counterparts in the United States of America (USA) [].Childhood obesity has been found to increase health risks, e.g. hyperlipidemia Childhood obesity Summary7 8 In 2018/19, nearly one tenth of 4 to 5 year olds and more than one fifth of 10 to 11 year olds were obese. We estimate that roughly 1.4 million children aged between 2 and 15 were classified as obese in 2018. Childhood obesity remains one of the defining challenges of our time, with government response around the world being largely ineffective. This has been particularly the case in the USA, which continues to suffer high rates of childhood obesity despite numerous legislative interventions to combat it. Preint