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Children's Mercy

Obesity rates jump once children start school, but there's a solution

Post date: August 20, 2013 10:05 AM
Submitted by natasha on August 20, 2013 10:05 AM
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By Deborah Markenson, MS, RD, LD, Director of Weighing In, a program of Children's Mercy

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