KENT COUNTY, MI – Four in 10 Kent County children were identified as overweight or obese in a new local report on childhood obesity.
That’s higher than the statewide average of 32.6% of Michigan children who are considered overweight or obese, and the national average of 31.3%.
That data was revealed in the recently released Kent County Childhood Obesity Surveillance Report, the first report of its kind produced by the county health department aimed at monitoring yearly trends in overweight and obesity prevalence among children…