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Obesity Rates Have Declined For Young Children In Low-Income Communities

Obesity Rates Declined Among Children In Low-Income Families
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Deputy Editor HuffPost Latino Voices & Voces

CHICAGO - JUNE 24: Children eat breakfast at the start of a day camp program at Casa Juan Diego St. Pius V Youth Center June 24, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The center provides free breakfast and lunch to about 90 children a day in the program. With 84 percent of Chicago public school students receiving free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches during the school year, families are forced to rely on other sources such as Casa Juan Diego for this help during the summer months. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO - JUNE 24: Children eat breakfast at the start of a day camp program at Casa Juan Diego St. Pius V Youth Center June 24, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The center provides free breakfast and lunch to about 90 children a day in the program. With 84 percent of Chicago public school students receiving free or reduced-price breakfasts and lunches during the school year, families are forced to rely on other sources such as Casa Juan Diego for this help during the summer months. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A recent study found that obesity rates have declined among two to four year olds in poor families across the United States, a finding which is one of the first hopeful indicators in the fight against the obesity epidemic in low-income communities.

Conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP), the study shows that the percentage of children between the ages of two and four who were obese fell to 14.9 percent in 2010 from 15.2 percent in 2003. This shift came after rates rapidly increased between 1998 and 2003. The study, published on Wednesday, also found that extreme obesity had declined within the same demographic, falling to 2.07 percent in 2010 from 2.22 percent in 2003. The findings were based on polling data from 30 states and spanned from 1998 to 2010.

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