Are We TRULY Getting Less Fat?
A new study has found that America may finally be tipping the scales the other way. Say what? According to the Elk Valley Times (yes, really), "Obesity rates are leveling off — dropping, even." The Fayetteville, Tenn. newspaper reported that both New York City and Philadelphia saw their obesity rates decrease last year, and studies recently compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation showed similar progress elsewhere in the country. A drop in Mississippi, three years after passage of a law that required public schools to provide more physical activity and health education A reduction in eastern Massachusetts, and for kids in a region of Nebraska A leveling off for New Mexico’s kindergarten and third graders, after years of increase. What's driving this? A small thing, but it's helping -- less fried foods and sugary sodas available in schools. As for New Jersey, 61 percent of adults in this state are considered overweight and 24 percent o...