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Rutgers: Childhood Obesity Makes It Harder to Climb the Economic Ladder, Study Finds
March 20, 2026
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 20 -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

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Childhood Obesity Makes It Harder to Climb the Economic Ladder, Study Finds

By Kitta MacPherson

A rising health problem could deny the chance to achieve the American dream

Childhood obesity may be quietly undermining one of the central promises of American life.

A study by a Rutgers researcher has found that children who are obes . . .

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