PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY
September 12, 2008
September 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. (9th CD), issued the following column:
Recent studies have revealed that childhood obesity rates have doubled in the past thirty years, and today, approximately 25 percent of America's children between the ages of 6 and 19 are considered overweight. Childhood obesity is not solely a cosmetic condition; being overweight puts a tremendous stress on the body's heart, bones and lungs and increases the risk of heart attack and stroke at . . .
Recent studies have revealed that childhood obesity rates have doubled in the past thirty years, and today, approximately 25 percent of America's children between the ages of 6 and 19 are considered overweight. Childhood obesity is not solely a cosmetic condition; being overweight puts a tremendous stress on the body's heart, bones and lungs and increases the risk of heart attack and stroke at . . .