Childhood Obesity #1 Public Health Problem

September 15th, 2006

The prestigious Institute of Medicine recently issued a report indicating that childhood obesity will continue to rise sharply unless dramatic steps are taken.  Jeffery Koplan, Chairman of the report committee, calls this one of the 21st century’s “most critical public health issues.”

Obviously, these children will grow up–will they be healthy adults?  Or, will they strain our already over-burdened health care system?  These are questions parents will care about.
Read a review of this research by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which funded the research.

-from Bob Wright

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