The Medical Minute: Parents and schools can team up to beat obesity
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 13:49
in Health & Medicine
With the launch of First Lady Michelle Obama`s Let`s Move campaign this past February, now more than ever schools are being placed at the forefront of addressing the childhood obesity epidemic. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three children is considered obese or overweight, and the percentage of children who are overweight has tripled in the past 30 years.