Public Health Moment

A new report from the Trust for America's Health finds that Minnesota kids have the lowest rate of obesity in the nation - tying with Utah at just over 23 percent.

Jamie Stang, a nutrition expert at the University of Minnesota, says that obesity rates vary dramatically by region of the country.

Stang says that Minnesota's relatively low rate of childhood obesity is due in large part because our children are more active than those in many other parts of the country.

Listen to Stang on Public Health Moment