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IU women earn top seed, rural college prep, childhood obesity | Indiana Newsdesk

Joe Hren

The Indiana women’s basketball team earned a top-seed for the NCAA tournament. Rural schools are working to prepare students for post-graduate learning. And how some schools are trying to combat childhood obesity.
New standards for treating childhood obesity published, but advocates call for more

Bente Bouthier

The new treatments include intensive health and lifestyle programs for kids as young as six, and medication and surgery for adolescents who fall within BMI standards.