Childhood obesity rates stabilize :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News
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After rising dramatically in the last three decades, childhood obesity rates in the United States have now remained stable for eight years, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports. (article 2)
Based on a nationally representative sample of 8,000 children and adolescents who participated in government health surveys, researchers found that the prevalence of obesity did not change significantly between 1999 and 2006. (article 2)
The same trend appears to be playing out among adults, according to a national study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year. (article 2)
The findings " may signal that this national epidemic is not an unstoppable force said Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey which has committed $500 million to promoting physical activity in communities and improving nutrition in schools. (article 1)
Some researchers, however, said the answer could be that the epidemic has simply reached a saturation point - kids just can't get any fatter. (article 1)
In ways only beginning to be understood, being overweight at a young age appears to be far more destructive to well-being than adding excess pounds later in life. (article 4)
Obesity is still more common among Hispanics and African Americans, especially girls, than it is among whites, researchers found (article 3)
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obesity, obese, study, overweight, researchers |
Source articles
- U.S. child obesity rate is leveling off - (baltimoresun.com, 06/04/2008, 415 words)
- Childhood obesity rates stabilize :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (suntimes.com, 06/04/2008, 310 words)
- 16% of U.S. kids obese, but not getting fatter... (suntimes.com, 06/04/2008, 220 words)
- Obesity Threatens a Generation (Washington Post, 06/04/2008, 506 words)
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