reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published new data showing preschool children who receive “government food aid are reaching healthier body mass indexes...signaling a steady decline in obesity rates.” The data show “obesity rates dropped to about 14% in 2016...down from 16% in 2010.” The findings, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, also show all “racial and ethnic groups recorded a statistically significant decline in obesity.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/18/childhood-obesity-rates-down-us-preschoolers-study/1494257001/
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