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Childhood Obesity News - Burger boss: fat chance fries cause childhood obesity - The Canberra Times

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The Australian head of fast-food chain McDonald’s says there is no mystery surrounding childhood obesity; children are fat because they do not exercise as they used to. Mr Bush said fear of crime was a factor in obesity, arguing parents do not allow children to walk to school any more. The House of Representatives standing committee inquiry, which began in May, is looking at the increasing prevalence of obesity and future implications for the health system. University of Sydney Associate Professor Jenny O’Dea presented the findings of a study on obese children and a survey of 345,713 adults. The Roy Morgan survey also showed the rate of obesity for adults in the lowest socio-economic groups grew at almost triple the rate of those belonging to the highest earning and educated groups between April 2000 and March 2007. She also said the international standard for measuring obesity was generally fair, but the label should be treated with care as the body mass of some ethnic groups differed. Read Childhood Obesity

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