Building healthy minds

 
BY PAULA GATES
Published: March 20, 2010

There has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States during the past 20 years. According to a 2009 report by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation , Oklahoma has the sixth-highest rate of adult obesity in the nation.

This poses a serious health concern for Oklahoma children and adolescents as well. Children establish eating habits at an early age, which can influence...


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