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Childhood Obesity News - Childhood obesity figures 'overstated' - ABC Online

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Associate Professor of Child Health Research at the University of Sydney, Jenny O’Dea, first collected measurements and data from almost 5,000 school children in 2000. She says when a second round of measurements was taken in 2006, there had been very little overall growth in childhood obesity. Children from disadvantaged areas appeared to be most worse off when it comes to obesity, according to data. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Read Childhood Obesity

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