Obesity Is Rising in Youths Under 5

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The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the sandbox: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.

That is up from 7 percent in 1994, according to the heart association's annual statistical report on heart disease and stroke.

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Obesity Is Rising in Youths Under 5

The 10 percent number comes from 2002, the most recent figures that are available, and the situation i...

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