Study: Extreme obesity affecting more children in US than ever before
Extreme obesity is affecting more children in the United States than ever before, according to a new study.
More than 700,000 children aged 2-19 in southern California were included in the study by healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente.
According to the study, more than 7% of boys and 5% of girls were extremely obese and one in twenty are a full 50% above what doctors consider healthy.
The organisation says obese children face a shorter life span and health problems in their twenties, unless they change their lifestyles.
The World Today’s Ed Butler talked to overweight teenager D’Vonte Pullen and obesity expert Tami Foy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2010/03/100319_obesity.shtml
2009 Los Angeles Auto Show
If the North American auto show season has an official kickoff party, the Los Angeles Auto Show is it. In addition to world debuts of the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, 2011 Toyota Sienna and VW Up! Lite Concept, the 2009 LA Auto Show again played host to the Green Car of the Year announcement, which went to a diesel car for the second year in a row. The LA Auto Show is also a first chance to see and touch the cars unveiled around the world in the eight months since the New York Auto Show, which this year included jaw-droppers like the 2011 Lexus LFA and 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
