Now,after analyzing data from a large national health and nutrition survey, Skinner reports finding similarly elevated levels in obese children as well.

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(SPEAKING) Skinner says many don't realize that it is also unhealthy for children to be overweight.

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Asheley Skinner, is a scientist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

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Skinner's study appears in the journal "Pediatrics."

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