The Moose 95.1 FM - Bozeman's Best Rock » obesity http://mooseradio.com Tue, 21 May 2013 22:27:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Should We Be Concerned About Obesity in Kindergarteners? — Health Check http://mooseradio.com/obesity-american-kindergartners-health-check/ http://mooseradio.com/obesity-american-kindergartners-health-check/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:38:56 +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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