Childhood Obesity Rate Plateaus
The epidemic of obesity among American children appears to be slowing, federal health officials are reporting today.
An analysis of data collected nationally about low-income preschool-aged children ages two to four years old found the prevalence of obesity increased from 12.4 percent in 1998 to 14.5 percent in 2003, but rose only to 14.6 percent in 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. That suggests the obesity epidemic may have hit a plateau, the CDC says.
It’s still too high, of course, but for now, at least it’s not getting worse.
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Makster on 29 Jul 2009 at 9:17 am #
It is a step in the right direction. You are right, the % is still to high. Lots more work to be done.