Obesity in Young People
“High Body Mass Index for Age Among U.S. Children and Adolescents, 2003-2006”
The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures in a study published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association .
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