Headline from the front page of the NYT today: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/26/health/obesity-rate-for-young-children-plummets-43-in-a-decade.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140226&_r=0

Results of new study show childhood obesity rates for young children "plummet 43% in a decade". Seems to be at odds with the NEJM we're reporting on for our next assignment, but the age group for the study the NYT reported on is 2 to 5 year olds, where the NEJM study is 5 to 14 year olds, so not sure how the new study fits into overall obesity rates. Imagine researchers will follow this new cohort to see if the lower obesity rates continue as the kids get older.

Don Lyman