Calories, Obesity Down For Americans.

reported that calorie consumption is beginning to “decline since federal statistics began to track the subject” for average adults and by “at least 9 percent” for the average child. In turn, obesity rates “have stopped rising for adults and school-aged children,” as well, though the trend “does not appear to extend to the very heaviest Americans.” The article pointed out that households with children have witnessed the “most substantial” changes, but that “recent calorie reductions,” while a positive step, “will not be enough to reverse the obesity epidemic” overall. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/upshot/americans-are-finally-eating-less.html?_r=0