From NYT: Study Finds Modest Declines in Obesity Rates Among Young Children From Poor Families

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/health/study-finds-modest-declines-in-obesity-rates-among-young-children-from-poor-families.html?_r=0

Study Finds Modest Declines in Obesity Rates Among Young Children From Poor Families

By SABRINA TAVERNISE

Published: December 25, 2012

A new national study has found modest declines in obesity among 2- to 4-year-olds from poor families, a dip that researchers say may indicate that the obesity epidemic has passed its peak among this group.

The study, by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drew on the height and weight measurements of 27 million children who were part of the federal Women, Infants and Children program, which provides food subsidies to low-income mothers and their children up to the age of 5.