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We Can Prevent Childhood Obesity in NY - ReadMedia (Press Release)- Childhood Obesity News

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Plus, you get a custom web page with an RSS feed for your organization only, not to mention inclusion in the breaking news feed and topic feeds. NY, NY (06/27/2008; 1214)(readMedia)– The Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan (CMOM) have teamed with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) We Can! City Council President Christine Quinn and City Council Majority Leader and Chair of the Health Committee Joel Rivera are expected to attend. Over the past three decades, the nationwide childhood obesity rate has more than tripled for children aged 6-11 and adolescents aged 12-19 years, and has increased among children younger than 5 years. In a population-based sample, approximately 60 percent of obese children aged 5 to 10 years had at least one cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor and 25 percent had two or more CVD risk factors. Taken together, these and other consequences of overweight and obesity may reduce overall adult life expectancy, potentially reversing the improved life expectancy trend achieved over the past century. Read Childhood Obesity

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