Comic Jumps Launches Campaign to Keep San Francicso's Kids Active
The Center for Disease Control has announced that, “childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and tripled in adolescents in the past thirty years.” The affects of this increase of obesity amongst young people is troubling as it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and high blood pressure later in life. “In a population-based sample of 5 to 17 year olds, 70% of obese youth had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease.”
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