No Downturn In Obesity Among U.S. Kids, Report Finds
The childhood obesity epidemic rages on in the United States, with a big surge among the youngest kids, according to the latest government data.
Hopes were dashed this week that the United States was finally making progress in the fight against childhood obesity.
Contrary to previous reports, the epidemic of fat has not abated. In fact, there's been a big jump in obesity among the nation's youngest children, according to the latest analysis of federal data, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
"The main take-home, an associate professor of population health services at Duke University and leader of the analysis. "It's not improving."
