Heart docs call for help for severely obese kids

By C. E. Huggins NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme – the severely obese – are still swelling in numbers and need attention, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). Between 4 percent and 6 percent of youth in the United States are severely obese, with serious accompanying health problems, the researchers say. “Four to six percent of all children and adolescents in the U.S. …