Published On: May 19th, 2013|

The Sentinel Source – Nicole S. Colson

“An analysis of Keene School District students from 2006 to 2009 by Antioch University New England found about 40 percent of children ages 5 to 14 were overweight or obese. The most recent data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows 17 percent of adolescents and children in the U.S. are obese, a percentage that has tripled since 1980.”(more)