School Nutrition Program Takes Up Obesity Fight

Written by GITIKA AHUJA and LARA SALAHI - ABCNews

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Article Source: ABCNews.com

Kids Take Healthy Eating Habits Home From School Programs

As an elementary school nurse, Stephanie Miklosey saw the effects of the childhood obesity epidemic right before her eyes.

At Philadelphia's John Welsh Elementary, Milkosey saw students who had a range of obesity-related conditions including diabetes, high blood pressure and asthma. "When you start that young, they've got bigger health risks," she said. "It starts younger. It gets worse."

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