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80% of likely voters believe the problem of health insurance being too expensive is a top health problem for the government to address. In general, likely voters think Obama would be more effective at handling top health care problems such as coverage and costs. 55% of likely voters say that the candidate's position on children's health care issues will affect their vote.

39% of families with children age 6-13 have one or more overweight or obese children. Bullying is rated as the top health concern for children by parents of children age 6-13 who are either overweight or obese. 30% of parents with overweight or obese children age 6-13 do not set limits on TV, video or computer games.

29% of parents report having a retail clinic in their community. In communities with retail clinics, 1 out of 6 parents have used them for their children. 1 out of 4 parents would have taken their children to the emergency room, if the retail clinic was not available. 78% of retail clinic visits were covered at least in part by health insurance.

Obesity is now rated by adults as the top health problem for children, after being rated third in 2007. New health concerns in the top 10 include: bullying, attention deficit disorder, chemicals in the environment, and not having enough opportunities for physical activity. According to black adults, teen pregnancy remains the #1 health problem for children in their community.

Nearly two-thirds of parents of "tweens" (age 11-13) have left them home alone for 1-2 hours. 1 out of 5 parents have left tweens home alone for an entire day. Over one-quarter of parents have not talked "a lot" with their tweens about neighborhood, Internet or home safety.