[WATCH]: Child obesity rates higher in Rochester than suburbs

Child obesity rates higher in Rochester than suburbs An alarming new study out says children in Monroe County are getting heavier. Research, conducted by the University of Rochester, shows more than one in three kids in the city are overweight or obese. Researchers looked at the medical records of 8000 kids living in Monroe County and what they discovered is disturbing. Forty-percent of children who live in the city are overweight or obese and 25-percent of kids in the suburbs are overweight or obese. Researchers looked at the height, weight, body mass index and blood pressure of children between the ages of two and 18. The Greater Rochester Health Foundation paid for the study. The foundation has invested $5-million in a regional

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