More than a quarter of all U.S. children have a chronic health condition, new research suggests, a significant increase from the rate seen in earlier decades and a statistic that looms large for the nation’s efforts to subdue rising healthcare costs. (Source: RWJF News Digest – Childhood Obesity)

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