Obesity and School Lunches

Childhood: Obesity and School Lunches
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Published: February 4, 2011

Researchers say they have identified another risk factor for childhood obesity: school lunch.

A study of more than 1,000 sixth graders in several schools in southeastern Michigan found that those who regularly had the school lunch were 29 percent more likely to be obese than those who brought lunch from home.

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