Healthy snacks reduce obesity rate in Arkansas school study
A study by U-Arkansas researchers says a program that provides free fresh fruit and vegetable snacks to school children reduced obesity rates by 3 percentage points among elementary school pupils. The lead author, Yiwei Qian, says, “This is an important finding” because other studies did not assess the effect of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, one of… » Read More
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