The 10-month long school closures and the coronavirus pandemic are expected to have a big impact on childhood obesity rates. About one in five children are obese in the U.S. — an all-time high — with worsening obesity rates across income and racial and ethnic groups, data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey show.
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