About 38 percent of U.S. kids with special needs struggle with obesity, according to a report from AbilityPath.org, a San Francisco-based nonprofit group. That’s more than double the rate of 17 percent for all U.S. kids cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here, Ryan Landry from Allen, Texas, runs drills during the NFL Experience football clinic for Special Olympics kids in Dallas, Texas, on Jan. 28. McClatchy Newspapers
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