{"id":1089,"date":"2010-09-28T16:45:40","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T20:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2010-09-28T18:05:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T22:05:29","slug":"transportation-desk-reshaping-somerville-the-fight-against-childhood-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/video\/watch-full-reports\/transportation-desk-reshaping-somerville-the-fight-against-childhood-obesity\/1089\/","title":{"rendered":"Reshaping Suburbia: The fight against childhood obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/need-to-know\/tag\/transportation-desk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2380 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/need-to-know\/files\/2010\/07\/Transportation-Desk-Badge.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>Seventeen percent of American kids are obese. Not a little chubby, but actually obese. Doctors define obesity in children as being in the 95th percentile or above the recommended Body Mass Index rate for their age.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the physical problems, there\u2019s a strain on the health care  system. Childhood obesity costs $3 billion a year. And many  American cities are also unhealthy by design: The infrastructure we&#8217;ve   built keeps us in our cars longer and discourages us from walking or  biking.<\/p>\n<style>.video-wrap {position: relative;  padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap\tiframe {position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} .video-wrap.no-topbar {padding-bottom: 56.25%;}<\/style><div class=\"video-wrap no-topbar nocontent no-content cf\"><iframe id=\"partnerPlayer\" name=\"partnerPlayer\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"  src=\"\/\/player.pbs.org\/widget\/partnerplayer\/1599054714\/?chapterbar=false&topbar=false&autoplay=false&endscreen=false\" title=\"Embedded Video Player\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>But that is  starting to change in places like Somerville,  Massachusetts, where an innovative anti-obesity program is making real  progress. In cooperation with our colleagues at Blueprint America, medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay traveled to Somerville, just outside Boston, to see how the  program works.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A closer look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd.org\/document\/57\/0,3343,en_2649_33929_46038969_1_1_1_1,00.html\">obesity statistics<\/a> provided by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wnet\/need-to-know\/health\/a-healthy-calculation\/3790\/\">What is your BMI?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wnet\/need-to-know\/health\/interactive-body-mass-index-for-children\/3858\/\">What is your child&#8217;s BMI?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen percent of American kids are obese. Not a little chubby, but actually obese. Doctors define obesity in children as being in the 95th percentile or above the recommended Body Mass Index rate for their age. 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