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Kentucky has highest percentage of overweight kids

By Lisa Autry

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkyu/local-wkyu-519050.mp3

Bowling Green – Research by the University of Kentucky shows Kentucky has the highest number of obese children while public schools offer the least amount of physical education. The findings are in a report that examines the health behaviors of Kentucky students in grades 6-12 between 1997 and 2003. Lisa Autry talks will Professor Jeff Jones in the U-K College of Public Health.