VIDEO: Study Reveals Health Concerns at Local Elementary Schools

Savannah Levins, WCNC

UNC Charlotte researchers have just released the findings of a multi-year study into the health of all 17,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools elementary students. Each student was tracked for months, using pedometers and nutritional monitoring. The data shows that of all the students across 30 CMS elementary schools, the obesity rate was an incredible 17 percent. The expected rate among a healthy population of children is five percent. “We’re the only ones in the country who have looked at this many kids,” said UNC Charlotte Public Health professor Beth Racine, one of the study’s leaders.

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