Mississippi Business Journal » adolescence http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 State sees first decline in adolescent obesity in 10 years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/state-sees-first-decline-in-adolescent-obesity-in-10-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-sees-first-decline-in-adolescent-obesity-in-10-years http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/04/state-sees-first-decline-in-adolescent-obesity-in-10-years/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:19:30 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=66129 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s obesity rate in high school students (grades 9-12) has dropped by 12.7 percent, knocking the state’s teens out of the number one spot down to number five in obesity nationwide. Mississippi’s 2011 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey found the rate of obesity among Mississippi high school students to be 16.5 percent, down [...]

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