Child Obesity and Prevention Through Community Involvement in Schools
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Obesity is one of the most prevalent public health problems in the United States and even worldwide (Dehghan et al., 2005; Hoelscher, 2010). One of the primary reasons why cases of obesity have been constantly on the rise is because of the deteriorating lifestyle of many American children. As a matter of fact, obesity has become epidemic in some developed countries, and in the United States, 25% are obese and 11% are overweight (Dehghan, 2005). There have been many interventions created to reduce the number of obesity cases such as programs that points toward changing
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