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Voters to Childhood
obesity

decide on rates
2019-20
Weight that is higher

tobacco
than what is con-
sidered healthy
for a given
height is de-
scribed as
HANNAH WILEY overweight Obesity rates for
or obesity. children ages 10 to 17
Los Angeles Times
Body Mass 10-14.9%
California voters will decide Index (BMI) 15-19.9%
in November whether to up- is a screening tool 20-24.9%
hold or block a law Gov. Gavin for overweight and
obesity. maps4news.com/©HERE,
Newsom signed in 2020 that
Lee Enterprises graphic
banned the sale of certain fla-
vored tobacco products, an ef- Source:
The CDC classifies children stateofchildhoodobesity.org
as overweight maps4news.com/©HERE,
if their body mass index (BMI) falls within the 85th to less than theLee
95thEnterprises graphic
percentile on the CDC’s
fort by anti-tobacco advocates specific growth charts. Obesity is defined as a child having a BMI at or about the 95th percentile. Source: stateofchildhoodobesity.org

A GROWING
to stop a youth vaping crisis and
weaken the industry’s influence
in the state.
Senate Bill 793 would have
prohibited retailers in Califor-
nia from selling flavored tobacco

PROBLEM
products, popular among teens,
with exceptions made for hoo-
kah, some cigars and loose-leaf
tobacco. The bill passed the Leg-
islature with bipartisan support,
despite intense lobbying by the
tobacco industry and other in-
terest groups.
After it was signed, oppo-
nents gathered enough signa-
tures from Californians to put
the issue on the statewide bal- Nation battles childhood obesity as one in five
lot, which delayed the law’s im-
plementation until voters could
weigh in on the new policy. It
kids struggle with the epidemic
will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot ANALISA TROFIMUK
Child obesity

A
as Proposition 31. analisa.trofimuk@nwi.com
A “yes” vote means the law n epidemic largely tied Percent of students in grades
to poor eating and ex- 9-12 who have obesity in the US.
Please see TOBACCO, Page A9 ercise habits is affecting 20%
one in five U.S. children 2019: 15.5%
and sending many of
15% 2001: 10.5%
those youth on the pathway to
Voters to decide future health problems and even
premature death, federal data and 10%

whether to U.S. health officials conclude.

As September marks National
Childhood Obesity Month, our coun- 5%

strengthen CA’s try continues to grapple with an issue

exacerbated by the aftereffects of 0%
2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

abortion law
MELODY GUTIERREZ
Los Angeles Times
California voters will decide
whether to reinforce the state’s
abortion protections under
Proposition 1, a measure that is
expected to drive voters to the
polls this November. And that
KRISHNA MATHIAS
was the whole point, opponents
say.
The state’s Democratic-con-
trolled Legislature placed
overeating during pandemic isolation.
The most recently available data
from the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention shows that
about 19.7% of adolescents aged 2-19
years in 2017-2021 were classified as
obese. In all, about 14.7 million chil-
dren throughout the nation suffered
from obesity during that time period,
the CDC concludes.
In a separate sampling, the CDC
ILLUSTRATIONS, estimates that in 2019, 15.5% of U.S.
LEE ENTERPRISES children in grades 9-12 struggled
with obesity.
Source: CDC Lee Enterprises graphic
In that same sampling, childhood
obesity was most prevalent in Mis-
sissippi, where 23.4% of children in
grades 9-12 were categorized as obese.
The ramifications of the issue could
be dire, particularly if the problem
isn’t stemmed among youth and is
allowed to continue into adulthood.
Please see OBESITY, Page A4

Obesity on the rise in Napa

Proposition 1 on the ballot in
response to the U.S. Supreme
Court’s decision to overturn
Roe vs. Wade, with lawmakers
arguing that the ruling made it
clear Californians need a safety
net for their own reproductive JENNIFER HUFFMAN and eighth graders at Redwood Middle healthy food habits.
rights. The meagerly-funded jhuffman@napanews.com School spend part of their Thursday Redwood’s garden, located in a
opposition campaign argues Shoveling compost, tearing out afternoon working in the campus gar- sunny area between two buildings at
old vegetable plants and assembling den. The students were getting ready
Please see ABORTION, Page A9 a new garden bed, a group of seventh to grow new food — and hopefully — Please see NAPA, Page A5

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