MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Obesity rates among poor kids may be declining, U.S. health officials report.
The number of severely obese 2- to 4-year-olds enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) increased to slightly more than 2 percent of all kids from 2000 to 2004, but it then decreased over the next decade to slightly less than 2 percent.
Though a small drop, the trend was seen among all ethnic and racial groups living throughout the nation, the researchers noted.
“Our findings indicate recent progress in reducing the prevalence of
