Heart docs call for help for severely obese kids

By C. E. Huggins NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme - the severely obese - are still swelling in numbers and need attention, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). Between 4 percent and 6 percent of youth in the United States are severely obese, with serious accompanying health problems, the researchers say. "Four to six percent of all children and adolescents in the U.S. ...



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