Researchers Find Child Obesity Rates Leveling Off

Obesity rates for Mississippi school children appear to have leveled off, according to a 2009 study by researchers at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM).  The research, published in the March issue of the Journal of the Mississippi Medical Association, is the most recent in a series of data collected every other year to measure the prevalence of obesity among the state’s children.

The leveling of rates coincides with national data showing … Read more...