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COMMENTARY: 'TAKE THE PLEDGE' ADDRESSES CHILDHOOD OBESITY
October 30, 2008
ABERDEEN, Md., Oct. 30 -- Aberdeen Proving Ground released the following issue of APG News:

We can work together to help our children live healthy, active lives in our communities, our schools and our homes.

Nearly 20 percent of children and teens in Department of Defense Families are considered obese, and across the nation the numbers are even greater as one child in three is overweight. These numbers go beyond expanding waistlines: Overweight children and adolesce . . .

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