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Tennis can be solution to 'big' problem for inactive kids
by Jack Groppel, Ph.D., FACSM

Childhood obesityDr. Jeff Levi, executive director of the Trust for America’s Health, recently said, “Obesity is one of the biggest public health challenges the country has ever faced.” The alarm seems warranted if you consider the facts stemming from why Congress enacted a National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. On the childhood obesity awareness website the following information is cited: “Over 23 million children and teenagers in the United States ages 2-19 are obese or overweight, a statistic that health and medical experts consider an epidemic.” But, if you consider other sources of data on childhood obesity, ... more


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