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CRS: Data shows obesity rate stabilized

The Congress Research Service has issued a data brief that says child and adolescent obesity rates have stabilized over the past decade, but almost 32 percent of U.S. children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19 are overweight, and more than half of those children are considered obese.

▪ Congressional Research Service — Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Data Brief