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Childhood Obesity in the United States: Facts and Figures
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A fact sheet with facts and figures about current trends in childhood obesity.



OrganizationInstitute of Medicine
Resource TypeFact Sheet
URLhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/medlineplus/lea...
LocationNational
Publish Date8/31/2000

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