The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jill Daly
As we dive deeper into the holidays, even children are challenged to watch their intake of sweet and salty snacks, second helpings and cookies and candy. It’s not a good time to ignore current trends in child obesity, according to a study published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine. It predicted that if things don’t change, more than 57 percent of today’s children will be obese when they are 35. (more)