Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups
Monday, June 1, 2009 - 09:56
in Health & Medicine
The prevalence of overweight in the US population is among the highest in Mexican-American children and adolescents. In a study of 1,030 Hispanic children between the ages of 4 and 19, published in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine found less than optimal diets in both overweight and non-overweight participants.
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