Puerto Rico tackling childhood obesity – (26% of youth are obese)
Tagged: children, Doctor, obesity, Puerto Rican, Puerto RicoPosted on: May 21st, 2007“The gym routine for 11-year-old Daniel Alvarado mixes music and games with jump ropes and stationary bikes. But like the other children sweating through workouts, he doesn’t come just for fun. He is following doctors orders.
The apple-cheeked boy, diagnosed last year with high cholesterol, is among a generation of Puerto Rican children struggling with obesity and related diseases, once rarely seen among young people. Studies show 26 per cent of youngsters here are obese, worse than on the U.S. mainland where the figure is estimated to be 18 per cent.”
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