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Childhood obesity has tripled since 1963

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Tue, 08/12/2003 - 7:02am
An article in Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (reported in ReutersHealth) documents the frightening climb in childhood weight in America, and suggests and interesting way to fight the problem--a "Health Report Card". A few tidbits from the article:
Between 1963 and 2000, the percentage of US children who were overweight nearly tripled. . . .

[The researchers' suggested solution for overweight children is] "increase their physical activity and change their nutritional habits." . . . "Restrictive dieting is not the best strategy for overweight children."
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