Question: has obesity decreased in america?
Answer: From the mid-1980s to 2003, obesity roughly doubled among U.S. children ages 2 to 5 and roughly tripled among young people over the age of 6, but statistics show that obesity in 2-6 year olds has dropped, from 14.6% to 8.2%. In recent years from 2015-2016, U.S. adults was 39.8% (crude).