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Arkansas Led the Nation in Measuring Obesity in Kids. Did It Help?

By Kavitha Cardoza KFF Health News Original

For more than 20 years, children in Arkansas have been measured in school as part of a statewide effort to reduce childhood obesity. But the letters have had no impact on weight loss — and obesity rates have risen. Still, the practice of sending letters has spread to other states.