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Childhood Obesity Rates Decline

Supermarket News, Friday, August 9, 2013 8:02 AM

A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a dip in childhood obesity rates, with the obesity rate of preschoolers declining in 19 of 43 states and territories. The study analyzed low-income children ages 2-4 years, from 2008 to 2011. Obesity rates increased slightly in three of the states and territories, and did not change in the remaining 21. New York, California, Washington, South Dakota and New Jersey were among the states posting declines, while obesity rates rose slightly in Colorado, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

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