Obesity rate drops by 13% among US preschoolers on food assistance

Drop in obese US toddlers on government-assisted food plan: 13% fewer preschoolers on WIC are dangerously overweight, report finds In 2010, nearly 16 percent of preschoolers between two and four enrolled in the US food voucher program were obese By 2016, only 14 percent were obese, following 2014 changes to the WIC food assistance program to help low-income families access to healthy food It's the second drop reported by the CDC, suggesting that the turning tide is not a fluke 

By Natalie Rahhal Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:53 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 18 June 2019

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At last, one group of Americans is trending away from obesity, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests. 

In 2010, 16 percent of children between two and four whose families benefit from the Women, Infants and Children Nutrition (WIC) program were obese. 

By 2016, just 14 percent were considered obese, according to the new report, released Monday. 

It's the second report to show a decline, giving health officials some hope that the tide may really be turning, and that prior findings were neither flukes nor the results of skewed data. 

The rate of obesity fell from 16% to 14% from 2010 to 2016 among two- to four-year-old children on government food assistance programs that were recently revised to provide better access to healthy foods like fruits and vegetables to low income families (file)

The rate of obesity fell from 16% to 14% from 2010 to 2016 among two- to four-year-old children on government food assistance programs that were recently revised to provide better access to healthy foods like fruits and vegetables to low income families (file) 

The whole country is and continues to be in the midst of an obesity epidemic. 

Over 18 percent of children are obese. Nearly 40 percent of adults are obese (and two-thirds are overweight), and our diets are high in processed, fatty, sugary foods and lacking in fruits

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