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Obesity rates among American preschoolers down

February 26, 2014 Posted by Contributor

A new study on obesity in America has shown some encouraging statistics in obesity rates among younger children. The study says that the rates of obesity among kids in the age group 2 and 5 years have decreased significantly over the past decade. The figures for the last 10 years show that they fell by 43 percent among the American preschoolers.

According to the study, there were no significant changes in obesity rates for most ages between 2003-2004 and 2011-2012, however, the 2- to 5-year-old kids saw a sharp decrease in the obesity rates — from 13.9 percent to 8.4 percent.

The study was conducted by researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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The study was published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday.

The researchers included the data of the CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which samples 9,000 Americans of all ages, for the study.

During the study, the researchers found that among American children aged between 2 and 5, obesity rates saw a drop of 43 percent, i.e. it fell from nearly 13.9 percent in 2003-2004 to 8.4 percent in 2011-2012.

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden says, “We continue to see signs that, for some children in this country, the scales are tipping.”

According to the researchers, the main reason behind the fall in preschoolers’ obesity rates is not clear.

CDC in a press release said, the standards for nutrition and physical activity have been improving in the nation’s child care centers over recent years. The agency also cites reduced consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks among younger Americans and improvements in breastfeeding, which can help prevent obesity in breastfed children, as reasons behind this significant development.

 

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