A survey released this week indicates that U.S. adults rate “not enough exercise” as their leading concern for youngsters’s health. The survey, the National Poll on Children’s Health, was conducted by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital on the University of Michigan. The consequences are culled from a nationally representative household survey and reflect health concerns that Adults have for kids and teenagers.
According to a C.S. Mott report at the the survey, “not enough exercise” has, surprisingly, never topped their list, though 39% of survey respondents considered it their top concern this year. From the report:
“Not enough exercise” is new to the highest of the list of biggest child illnesses, as measured within the Poll. From 2007 to 2011, childhood obesity, drug abuse and smoking have consistently been rated because the top 3 illnesses for teenagers from the viewpoint of adults (not only parents) around the U . s . a ..
Childhood obesity was still a massive concern, coming in on the number two spot with 38% considering it a “big problem” for youngsters’s health. Smoking and drug abuse were also considered a huge problem, with over 30% of survey respondents. Bullying rounds out the total top five, concerning 29% of adults.
The C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital has released a helpful infographic listing the highest ten concerns cited within the survey. As you will see below, the list is likewise parsed out by ethnic group. Though different concerns top the race-specific lists, adult concerns for kids’s health are generally uniform, aside from the worrying 27% of black adults interested by childhood racial inequality and gun-related injuries.