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Rewriting nutrition for vulnerable kids

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
August 7, 2013

New CDC data show that obesity rates for less fortunate kids are, for the first time in decades, falling. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell looks at the new data and what impact the First Lady's Let's Move! campaign could be having in his latest Rewrite.

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http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-last-word/52700393 [the above YouTube of the segment at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_VH4_4jCeo , also at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om-__yMapZU ( http://www.mediaite.com/tv/this-happened-lawrence-odonnell-talks-at-great-length-about-how-morbidly-obese-rush-limbaugh-is/ )] [related blog entry, with segment embedded, at http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/07/michelle-obamas-lets-move-campaign-helped-curb-childhood-obesity/ (with comments)]


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Poor Children Show a Decline in Obesity Rate

In Baltimore, a class of 5-year-olds at Union Baptist Harvey Johnson Head Start jump during a motion break. Union Baptist makes a point of promoting health.

Students at Union Baptist get health lessons, field trips to a grocery store, healthier meals and an hour of exercise a day.
August 6, 2013
After years of growing concern about obesity among children, federal researchers have found the clearest evidence yet that the epidemic may be turning a corner in young children from low-income families.
The obesity rate among preschool-age children from poor families fell in 19 states and United States territories [ http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/ChildhoodObesity/index.html ] between 2008 and 2011, federal health officials said Tuesday — the first time a major government report has shown a consistent pattern of decline for low-income children after decades of rising rates.
Children from poor families have had some of the nation’s highest rates of obesity. One in eight preschoolers in the United States is obese. Among low-income children, it is one in seven. The rate is much higher for blacks (one in five) and for Hispanics (one in six).
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/health/broad-decline-in-obesity-rate-seen-in-poor-young-children.html [ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/health/broad-decline-in-obesity-rate-seen-in-poor-young-children.html?pagewanted=all ] [with comments]


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