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Tracking childhood obesity changes during the pandemic

The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
Episode • Oct 27, 2021 • 20m

Childhood obesity has been an ongoing problem in America, and the COVID-19 pandemic did not help the problem. We wanted to know how much worse childhood obesity got during the coronavirus pandemic, and what the data show about who is most at risk for developing childhood obesity both here in Philadelphia and across the US. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a report that looks at the state of childhood obesity and Jamie Bussel, Senior Program Officer at the foundation is on the podcast to break down what the report found.


Check out the report here: https://stateofchildhoodobesity.org/

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