Perhaps most notable are what the survey results suggest
about the connection between overweight children and
stress. When asked, one-third (31 percent) of American
children report being very or slightly overweight, a
figure that is in line with nationally reported trends about
overweight and obesity.1 Children who are overweight are
more likely to report they worry a lot or a great deal about
things in their lives than children who are normal weight
(31 percent vs. 14 percent). Overweight children are also
significantly more likely than normal-weight children to
report they worry about the way they look/their weight
(36 percent vs. 11 percent).