Nearly 5 million American kids are obese, new study finds

Medical X-Press – Staff Writer

About 4.8 million American kids aged 10 to 17—just over 15%—were obese in 2017-2018, according to a new report. “These new data show that this challenge touches the lives of far too many children in this country,” said Dr. Richard Besser, the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which produced the new report.

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