50
percent
of U.S. Latino children are served by the WIC program.
37
Percent
of Head Start and Early Head Start participants are Latino.
15.1
Percent
of Latinos lack health insurance vs. 6.6% of non-Latino whites.
40
PERCENT
OF LATINO CHILDREN ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE (COMPARED TO 32% OF ALL U.S. CHILDREN)
74
percent
of Latino kids have had a sugary drink by age 2 (vs. 45% of white kids).
10
fewer minutes
Girls in Latino majority schools engaged in 10 fewer minutes of vigorous activity than girls at white majority schools.
37
percent
improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness after 16-walking walking program.
3.5
times
When vending machines were available, Latino students were 3.5 times more likely to buy snacks and beverages for lunch than white students.
115
percent
students had a 115% increase in physical activity on days with 60 minutes of PE, lunch recess and extra recess.
