U.S. preschoolers growing less obese, data show, in latest sign of improvement
CHICAGO — Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less obese, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren’t a fluke.
Obesity rates dropped steadily to about 14% in 2016 — the latest data available — from 16% in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
