UCLA Study Links Obesity in Kids to Greater Health Risks

Obese children are two times more likely to experience three or more health issues such as asthma, headaches, depression and developmental delays than healthy weight children, according to a UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities study to be published in the journal Academic Pediatrics.

• "UCLA Study Points to Immediate Health Risks Posed by Childhood Obesity" (O'Neill, "KPCC News," KPCC, 1/14).