Teen Obesity Rates Still Rising
June 10, 2016
6/8/16 – More teens are obese than ever before in the United States, and obesity rates among younger children also remain troublingly high, according to the latest federal data described here. A decade ago in Issues, several of the authors of a landmark report on childhood obesity presented a comprehensive set of recommendations that still hold promise for combatting this epidemic and its accompanying higher risks for serious disease.