Friday May 11, 11:55 am ET
Twenty-three percent of Chicago's kindergartners are obese bringing urgency to nationally recognized Shaping America's Youth(R) Town Meeting in Chicago
CHICAGO, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago residents are invited to come together on May 19 to discuss solutions to the alarming issue of childhood obesity at the Shaping America's Youth® (SAY) Town Meeting at the Downtown Chicago Marriott. The issue is especially alarming for Illinois since approximately 23 percent of the state's kindergartners -- twice the national average -- are overweight and more than 33 percent of Chicago high school students are overweight or obese.