Obesity Rates Down Among Preschoolers

Great news: The obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-olds has plummeted 43 percent over the past decade. That’s according to a new Journal of the American Medical Association study, which found that about 8 percent of this age group was obese in 2012, down from 14 percent in 2004. These figures reflect the first significant, broad-based fall in obesity rates…