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Good news: U.S. obesity rates are stabilizing | Vox

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 04/30/2015 - 8:25am

Headlines are quick hits from media outlets from Missouri and around the world. Follow the headline link for the full story. The source of this headline says:

In the US, the State of Obesity report found that over the past 35 years obesity rates in adults more than doubled but — between 2009 and 2012 — they stayed the same. In children, rates have more than tripled since 1980 but have also plateaued for the last several years.

Exactly why this has occurred remains a scientific mystery, but researchers think it's the impact of some combination of changes in policy, increased awareness about healthy lifestyles, and the attention that has been paid to stopping obesity in early childhood.

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Good news: U.S. obesity rates are stabilizing | Vox
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