School obesity-prevention curriculum can reduce medical costs

Monday, August 1, 2011 - 15:31 in Health & Medicine

Teaching middle-school children about nutrition and exercise and encouraging them to watch less TV can save the health care system a substantial amount of money, suggests an economic analysis from Children's Hospital Boston and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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