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Posted: 12:40 PM Nov 28, 2011
Many Kindergarteners on the Road to Obesity
A new study of kindergartners shows a startling trend.
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Staff Photo: Jason Braverman
Rising kindergartner Alice McCutcheon registers on Thursday morning at Level Creek Elementary School in Suwanee with her mom. |
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A new study of kindergartners shows a startling trend.
The young kids waistlines are bigger than ever.
Researchers with the RAND Corporation looked at data from thousands of white, black and Hispanic kids during a nine-year period, starting in kindergarten.
They found nearly 40 percent of the kindergartners had a body mass index in the 75-th percentile or higher.
According to a HealthDay report, that's a 25 percent increase since the 1970s and 80s.
HealthDay reports the study's author says parents of children in the 75-th percentile or higher should consider changing their child's eating and exercise habits.
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