Sep
17
(Childhood Obesity News) Childhood Obesity: Let's Act Before We Lose a Generation - ABC News
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And it’s breaking us financially, as our health care system buckles under the weight of the cost of treatments for these diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trust for America’s Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation proclaimed America fatter than ever in two separate studies issued in July. The journal Health Affairs published a study indicating that the cost of hospitalizing obese children between 1999 and 2005 nearly doubled, with twice as many children requiring such care. The findings prompted the report’s lead researcher to say, “Obesity is the single biggest reason for the increase in health care costs. Read Childhood Obesity
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Sep
16
(Childhood Obesity News) School Specialty SPARK Program Recognized for Combating Childhood … - Reuters
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