When is this going to stop?
OK, I’m depressed yet again upon hearing about the new study in JAMA, which shows what we already knew — that Americans, including kids, are just getting fatter.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that from 1999 to 2004, the rates of overweight among children and adolescents rose, as did obesity among men. Interesting, among women, no overall increases in the prevalence of obesity were observed.
Yahoo News reported that the same April 5 issue of JAMA also included a more hopeful study — that reducing caloric intake might help reverse some of the damage done by excess weight, possibly in as little as six months.