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    Early Childhood Obesity Fallen Greatly

    For the first time since childhood obesity was called "epidemic," a study shows it's declining among very young children. A paper in today's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that obesity has dropped from 14% to 8% among children between the ages of two and five.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    For the first time since childhood obesity was called "epidemic," a study shows it's declining among very young children. A paper in today's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that obesity has dropped from 14% to 8% among children between the ages of two and five. It's the work of a researcher at the Centers for Disease Control. Zach Goldfarb, staff writer for the Washington Post, has more on the results as well as some theories about why that's happening.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

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      Kareem Maddox

      Three-on-three basketball player in the final stages of qualifying for Olympics; former KCRW intern

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      Zachary Goldfarb

      Washington Post

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