Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, 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. "It gives us more hope that this is a real change," said Heidi Blanck, who heads obesity prevention at the CDC. Improvements in food options in that program including adding more fruits, vegetables and whole grains may have contributed to the back-to-back obesity declines, researchers said. Dietz said program changes that cut the amount of juice allowed and switched from high-fat to low-fat milk likely had the biggest impact.

Source: ABC News June 18, 2019 15:00 UTC