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Obesity Rates Climbing |
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Summer 2006 Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published results of a study in the April 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers found that 17.1 percent of kids were overweight in 2004, compared to 13.9 percent in 2000. Even the youngest children weren't immune to this trend. In children between 2 and 5 years old, 13.9 percent were overweight in 2004, compared to 10.3 percent in 2000. Summer 2006 |
CONTENTSVol. 20, No. 4 Special Focus: The Politics of Food and Schools Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds Fossil Food: Consuming Our Future There's No Business Like Food Business Linking the Land with the Lunchroom Soda Contracts: Who Really Benefits? Reviews: Videos with a Conscience Book Reviews: Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen A Dark Cloud on the U.S. Horizon Children's Literature Spotlight Immigration Action
COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS Strange Stuff Short Stuff Good Stuff
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