Associated Press
HOUSTON - Texas children are among the fattest in the U.S., with black and Hispanic kids exhibiting the highest risk for being overweight, a study shows.
Texas fourth-graders were overweight at a rate 46 percent higher than children of similar age elsewhere in the country, said Deanna Hoelscher, principal investigator of study, conducted by the University of Texas School of Public Health.
"Parents do need to watch this in their kids," she said. "What this means is being overweight is a health risk for kids. Parents need to look at that as something they need to take some measures to prevent."
continued http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1085750993638_19/?hub=Health