97.3 The Dawg » concern http://973thedawg.com Acadiana's Best Country Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:54:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Should We Be Concerned About Obesity in Kindergarteners? — Health Check http://973thedawg.com/obesity-american-kindergartners-health-check/ http://973thedawg.com/obesity-american-kindergartners-health-check/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:00:56 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=62651 We never used to think of chubby kids as being anything other than adorable, but researchers are now more concerned about children’s eating habits now that more Americans are being considered obese.

According to a new study, 40 percent of American children enter kindergarten with a body mass index (BMI) greater than the 75 percentile. Anything over the 85th percentile is considered “overweight,” and over the 95th percentile is “obese.”

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