Posted: May 1st, 2008

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has documented that obesity among school children in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LASUD) has increased from 20.2% in 1999 to 26.1%in 2006, going from 1 in 5 children being obese to over 1 in 4. The percentage of overweight school children has generally been increasing in the long term at a faster rate at LAUSD than at other school districts in Los Angeles County, and will soon hit 30% – almost 1 in 3 children obese — if LAUSD stands by and does nothing.

LAUSD does not enforce state physical education laws in public schools.

Learn more about the Williams complaint to help students move more, eat well, stay healthy, and do their best in school and in life.