http://www.obesityrates.net Information about obesity rates and defeating this worldwide epidemic Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:52:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.obesityrates.net/lowest-child-obesity-rate/ http://www.obesityrates.net/lowest-child-obesity-rate/#comments Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:41:15 +0000 Obesity Watch http://www.obesityrates.net/?p=35 The great state of Minnesota is the state with the lowest child obesity rate in the United States. This news comes on the heels of devastating obesity rates coming from national studies in the US. State officials and doctors are urging people not to become complacent as significant work still needs to be done to combat obesity in that state. A key indicator in childhood obesity is the number of meals a family is having away from home. The greater the number, the higher the likelihood of children becoming obese.

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