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Obesity Rate for Iowa Children Exceeds National Average


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101019 404 More than 16 percent of Iowa’s children are obese, that’s the latest from a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is slightly above the national average of 15.3 percent. Jamie Bussel is the senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She says the report recommends changes to federal nutrition programs like SNAP as well as changes at the local level. State policymakers should be allowing cities and then county leaders with the flexibility to regulate
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SPM NewsBy Bret Hayworth, Alejandra Perez