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12-06-2006, 05:40 PM
In the Dominican Republic, the proportion of overweight and obese people in the general population has reached 46%, while for children the figure is just 13.8%. At a conference at the National Evangelical University (UNEV), endocrinologist Dr. Socrates Manon reported the results of a study carried out in 2000. Dr. Manon cited data from several other national and international studies during his talk on "Healthy Eating". According to a study done by the National Center for Research on Maternal and Child Health (CENISMI), one in three children from middle and upper class homes is overweight or obese. In contrast, children between the ages of six and nine from low-income homes report a high index of poor nutrition. Dr. Manon argued for including Nutritional Education as part of the public and private school curriculum as part of the effort to combat what he calls "an epidemic" of overweight people.
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