Obesity among young children declines slightly Scientists
analyze data from more than 27 million children The number of
young children who are obese and extremely obese is going down,
according to new data released by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. In what researchers say is the first
national study to show that the prevalence of obesity among
young children may have begun to decline, scientists analyzed
data from more than 27 million children from low-income families
between the ages of 2 and 4 in 30 states and the District of
Columbia. "The results of this study indicate modest recent
progress of obesity prevention among young children," according
to the study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American
Medical Association (JAMA). It's hard to believe, but more than
one in 10 toddlers in this country are obese, according to this
report. In 1998, 13% of 2-, 3- and 4-year-old children were
obese and 1.75% were extremely obese, according to the new
report. In the following years, those st