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Child Obesity Epidemic

The epidemic of obesity in children is advancing much more quickly than the CDC and others predicted. The largest assessment ever of public school students indicates 40 percent of students in Arkansas are overweight or at risk of becoming so. Currently, the U.S. government estimates that 30 percent of the nation's kids are overweight or on their way to being too heavy. Children who weigh too much are at a greater risk of becoming heavy adults, are more likely to have low self-esteem and...