Teen Obesity In The US Is Linked To Exposure To Unhealthy Options And Poor Policies

A collection of 11 papers by US researchers published online on Tuesday suggests that the reason American childhood obesity is so high and increasing is because children and their families find it very difficult to make appropriate choices about food and diet given the mostly unhealthy range of options and messages they are exposed to, and school policies that are increasingly limiting the range and amount of physical activity don’t help. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness on September 26th, 2007