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From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: The January 2008 special issue of The Annals, published by SAGE, explores the problem of obesity in the young, providing kids, their parents and caregivers a road map for a healthier lifestyle both for them and for future generations. "Clearly we need to help the 9 million children in this country who are overweight, and we need to do it now," writes Amy Jordan, Guest Editor, author, and director of the Media and the Developing Child sector of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. "The authors in this special issue provide a research agenda that, if implemented, will continue the interdisciplinary approach we have taken to understand the problem of childhood overweight and obesity and the collective effort we will need to solve it." The Annals is the official bimonthly journal of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, which was created in 1889 to promote the progress of the social sciences. It did so by creating a forum in which research on contemporary political, economic, and social issues could help inform public policy as well as enlighten the intellectually curious. Each volume is guest edited by outstanding scholars and presents timely, in-depth research on a significant topic of concern.
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