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Student Obesity Jumps in Schools Near Fast-Food Joints

Rate 5% higher when kids can walk to outlet

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2009 12:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – Students are more likely to be obese when their schools are located within a tenth of a mile of fast-food restaurants, researchers found. In a study of more than a million California ninth-graders over 8 years, they found that the incidence of obesity at schools...   Read full story »

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