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A look at the state of American children's health
An estimated 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2-19 are overweight, according to a national 2003-04 study.
Data from a 1976-80 survey and from the 2003-04 study show that the prevalence of overweight children aged 2 5 years increased during that period from 5 percent to 13.9 percent. For ages 6 to 11, prevalence increased from 6.5 percent to 18.8 percent. For ages 12 to 19, prevalence...
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