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Childhood Obesity News - Swooping in with an anti-obesity message - Newcastle News

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Former Seattle Storm player Sheryl Swoopes discusses the importance of diet and exercise to prevent childhood obesity during a Jan. Students need to fight the temptation of grabbing a quick bite at fast-food restaurants and exercise more to stem the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, Sheryl Swoopes told a Jan. During the former Seattle Storm playerâs 45-minute presentation in the schoolâs gym, Swoopes urged students to watch what they eat and to take 10 to 20 minutes out of their day to exercise. Information from two recent National Health Examination Surveys of 8,165 children ages 2-19, found about 16 percent of children and teenagers were obese, defined as having a body mass index of above the 95th percentile on U. Unfortunately, increased obesity is leading to a rise in cases of Type II diabetes in children and teens, Swoopes said. Read Childhood Obesity

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