Obesity prevalence among preschool-age children has decreased over the last 10 years, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study showed that among children ages 2 to 5, obesity prevalence decreased from 14 to 8 percent between 2003-2004 and 2011-2012.
But overall, the obesity prevalence for adults and youths has remained the same over that time period, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers found. About one in three adults and one in six youth were obese in 2011-2012.
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