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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2015 · 3 MIN

Why Isn’t America’s Childhood Obesity Problem Getting Better?

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The rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled in the last 30 years. About one third of kids are either overweight or obese. But the US ranks number fifth in the world for childhood obesity, which means this is a problem across the globe. In this podcast, Dr. Kyle Bradford Jones talks about some of the reasons kids are getting heavier in this country and what we can do about it.

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