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Tag: childhood obesity
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Asheville’s ambivalent relationship with sweeteners
Asheville professionals grapple with the sugar question every day: whether to cut its consumption a lot, a little or not at all. Experts are all over the map on this controversial issue.
Buncombe County groups collaborate to prevent childhood obesity
Childhood obesity is a perfect storm of many factors, say local health experts, pointing to poor eating habits, lack of exercise, genetics and environmental factors. Asheville-area agencies are working to help overweight kids lose weight and others to stay within healthy limits.