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Wednesday, 8 November 2006

Obesity in children

The West Australian notes that forcing children to walk to school each day would contribute to their fitness.



Apparently, Western Australia has a lot of fat kids:
Nutritional toxicologist Peter Dingle said some data showed as high as 25-30 per cent of WA children aged five to 12 were obese, compared with 20-28 per cent nationally and 30-35 per cent in the US.