Child Obesity
The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is developing a series of reports, Healthy Children, Healthy State, to raise awareness of child health risk factors in order to develop new programs and actions, and to build on current initiatives in Texas. The Child Obesity in Texas report is the first of the Healthy Children, Healthy State series.
This report was last updated on August 4, 2025 and utilizes the 2021-2023 Texas SPAN data.
Highlights
- Texas has the 6th highest obesity rate for children ages 6-17 in the United States.
- 1 in 4 of school-aged children and adolescents in Texas have obesity, compared to 1 in 5 students in the United States.
- Fostering healthy habits and encouraging healthy behaviors are essential to preventing childhood obesity.
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