North Dakota childhood obesity rates 'significantly lower' than national average

North Dakota childhood obesity rates 'significantly lower' than national average

GRAND FORKS — North Dakota has the fifth-lowest childhood obesity rates in the country, but the state's obesity rates increase into adulthood. According to data from State of Childhood Obesity — a data-mapping project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a national organization devoted to improving health equity — 12.9% of kids in North Dakota ages 6 to 17 are considered obese. This is considered “significantly lower” than the national rate of…