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Why are Younger Children Alone in Reducing Obesity Rates?
Author: PBS NewsHour
Narrator: PBS NewsHour
Unabridged: 6 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: NewsHour Productions
Published: 02/26/2014
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines - Journalism
Synopsis
The Centers for Disease Control is reporting progress in cutting obesity among pre-schoolers. During the past decade, obesity in children aged 2 to 5 has dropped from 14 percent to 8 percent. Christina Economos of the Tufts University School of Medicine joins Gwen Ifill to discuss possible factors in the decrease, including changes to food assistance programs and nutrition and exercise campaigns.