A significant number of kids are impacted.
on July 5, researchers followed two groups of children from kindergarten through fifth grade. One group was followed from 1998-2004 and the second from 2010-2016. The groups were nationally representative of the overall U.S. population.
This is bad news for the doctors, policy makers and parents who, over the past decade, have put so much effort into campaigns that focus on improving kids' nutrition and encouraging exercise, includingWhile obesity in adults is defined as a Body Mass Index of 30 or above, obesity in children is diagnosed when a child's BMI puts them over the 95th percentile for their age group.
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