Childhood Obesity

Editor Emeritus on March 10th, 2010

Childhood obesity rates have tripled over the past 30 years, with about one in three American children currently overweight or obese, according to government figures. Now Barry Popkin and Carmen Piernas of the University of North Carolina have found in their study that snacks account for about 27 percent of the calories consumed by children, and […]

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