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Topic: Childhood Obesity News - Health experts, parents and city team up to battle obesity - Daily Free Press (subscription)

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A forum to promote discussion and awareness of childhood obesity proved that children’s waistbands are not the only thing expanding — now parental, governmental and administrative efforts to combat the problem are too. About 200 people attended the American Association for the Advancement of Science event at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Sunday to gain a better understanding of obesity and childhood nutrition and discuss solutions to the national problem. Low-income families struggle the most with obesity because they lack the education to know what decisions are healthiest for their kids, the disposable income for more expensive but fresher and healthier foods and the time to promote calorie-burning activities, he said. When asked what they thought the most attractive option to improve their and their family’s health was, the majority of the audience chose the option of exercising for 30 minutes every day. Read Childhood Obesity

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