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About: Childhood Obesity News - Group pushes for community solutions to childhood obesity - WVEC.com (subscription)

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VIRGINIA BEACH – A first step in the fight against childhood obesity is to diagnose it. Members of the Consortium for Infant and Child Health – CINCH– say it’s a community problem and the community can help solve it. A machine that measures a child’s body mass index or BMI could be a big help. It takes about a minute to get your BMI and up to 1,000 kids a day can be measured. Paulson says the Biomeasure machine could a good way for spurring children and families to get fit. Read Childhood Obesity

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