Forget about health reform and high medical costs. Voters say more weight should be placed on childhood obesity.

A survey of 2,100 adults from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital reveals childhood obesity is the top health concern they think presidential candidates should focus on.

"Health care reform is a major topic during this election season, but much of that focuses on uninsured adults and the costs of health care," study researcher and poll director Matthew Davis says. "The health of children usually is not the focus of the political talk."

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