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- 1-in-8 school-aged children are obese and 1-in-4 are overweight.
- Overweight in childhood and adolescence is associated with obesity as
adults.
- The number of children with diabetes ages 6 to 17 has doubled in the last
three decades.
- Obese children are 53 times more likely to be insulin resistant as those who
are not obese.
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