Oct 19, 2009 7:00 am US/Pacific
Web Video Shows Skate Bowl Trap Portly Kid
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Posted to YouTube by user FunnyvideosArchive, the video shows a boy in a black jacket make several runs up the side of the bowl while other boys pushes him from behind.
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A viral video posted online documents a bad day in the life of a boy who ended up in basin of a skateboarding bowl and found himself unable to climb out. At the end of the clip, a crowd of onlookers come to the unnamed youth's rescue.
Posted to YouTube by user FunnyvideosArchive, the video shows a boy in a black jacket make several runs up the side of the bowl while other boys pushes him from behind and while another helper reaches down to assist.
Voices in the video can be heard calling out encouragement in Spanish.
A study released in April reported almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds was obese, and the rate was alarmingly higher among American Indian children, with nearly a third of them obese. Researchers were surprised to see differences by race at so early an age. Overall, more than half a million 4-year-olds are obese, the study suggests.
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Obesity is more common in Hispanic and black youngsters, too, but the disparity is most startling in American Indians, whose rate is almost double that of whites.
The lead author said that rate is worrisome among children so young, even in a population at higher risk for obesity because of other health problems and economic disadvantages.
"The magnitude of these differences was larger than we expected, and it is surprising to see differences by racial groups present so early in childhood," said Sarah Anderson, an Ohio State University public health researcher. She conducted the research with Temple University's Dr. Robert Whitaker.
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