Study Ranks Ohio Sixth In The Nation For Child Obesity

A new study by the non-partisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows child obesity remains a major health challenge in Ohio.  

The study shows nearly 19-percent of Ohio kids ages ten to 17 are obese, the sixth-highest rate in the nation.  Those children will be at higher risk of contracting diabetes, heart disease and other health problems as they get older.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.