Young Becoming Slightly More Healthy - Barely

According to statistics among children and teens recorded over the last 10 years, kids are becoming healthier. Results come from surveys conducted on sixth through tenth graders taken in 2001-2002, 2005-2006 and 2009-2010. Improvements were seen in several areas including the number of days kids were physically active for at least 60 minutes, number of days they ate breakfast, number of hours of TV watched per day and the amount of fruit and vegetables consumed. Unfortunately, while the numbers improved, they did so only very slightly. Also, the percentage of kids considered obese from 2005-2006 through 2009-2010 did not change from 12.7%. So while we've seen a slight improvement in certain areas, researchers say there is still much to do and much room for improvement.