Study examines effects of ‘neighborhood poverty’ on obesity
August 29, 2014
By Karene Booker By age 2, poor children have gained more weight than their wealthier counterparts. But after age 2, neighborhood poverty, not family poverty, puts the pounds on, finds a new study, published in the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. About one-third of America’s children are overweight or obese, but rates are highest among […]
Read more >