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Week two’s blog mentioned the alarming rise in obesity rates in the United States as measured from the early 1970s to 2008. In short, obesity has doubled in children 2-5 years, quadrupled in [...]

The numbers are in and they are staggering! Only 30% of children are active every day; less than 20% of adolescents get enough exercise to meet aerobic guidelines; less than 20% of adults get [...]

On the anniversary of her first year in Washington, First Lady Michelle Obama asked America’s mayors to join her in a campaign to help reduce the dramatic rate of childhood obesity in [...]