Tween boys tackle obesity: One family’s story

September 9, 2010 – 2:25 pm

Nathaniel Uterhark, 8, left, and Garrett Uterhark, 10, right, have lost weight over the summer after learning how to make good food choices and exercise more. Their mom, Rene Doubrava, became worried when her sons joined the rising ranks of obese tween boys. Health experts say that the soda-swilling, video-watching habits of boys ages 6 to 19 mean that about 15 percent are now extremely obese, up from about 9 percent a decade ago. That includes kids like Garrett and Nathaniel Uterhark, whose mom stepped in to help.



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