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Teen Obesity

  • Adolescent Obesity

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    The media over the past few years has been focusing more and more on the looming problem of childhood and teen obesity. One in three American children is slated to be diabetic. The federal government has launched a program called, “Let’s Move” with the aim of solving childhood obesity within a generation. It is a […]

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  • BMI and childhood obesity

    The rise in prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States over the last four decades is very concerning. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 16 percent of children between the ages of 6 and 19 were overweight in that time period. Parents and pediatricians should take measures to track their […]

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