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obesity in schools  

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  • Prevalence rates of overweight children have doubled in the last 20 years. In 1980, 7 percent of 6- to 11-year-olds were overweight compared with 18.8 percent in 2004. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Obesity in Schools]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-K8JDBLQ4-R

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