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Hawkins, B. Denise – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Diets high in fat and calories and low in calcium, may not only be putting African-American children at risk for obesity, but can make them prone to a common bone disease associated with adults at mid-life. If children and adolescents don't receive adequate amounts of calcium when their bones are still forming, the chances of them getting…
Descriptors: African Americans, Health Programs, Public Health, Obesity
