"Nearly half of kids who started kindergarten overweight became obese teens."

Study: Kids' obesity risk starts before school age

By The Associated Press

 

January 30, 2014

Nearly half of kids who started kindergarten overweight became obese teens. Overweight 5-year-olds were four times as likely as normal-weight children to become obese (32 percent versus 8 percent).




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