Are American Kids Becoming Obese?

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USC report finds overweight, obese kids more likely
to live in rural America

The report, which uses data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health, found that 30.6 percent of children ages 10 - 17 are overweight and 14.8 percent of these are obese. Rural children (16.5 percent) were more likely to be obese than urban children (14.4 percent).