The child obesity is a very major risk for the health of children nowadays and it is spreading rapidly due to the increased usage of junk food, a recent study has found out that the school based efforts for better nutrition; better exercise and improved education can effectively help those kids who are at higher risk of child obesity.

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The team of researchers which carried out this study also suggests that the child obesity develops only in those children who have got weight problem throughout their life and these school-based activities can best help those children while the other children who don’t have risks of obesity can remain smart even in those schools where such activities are not performed.

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