But as the conclusion of the AMA Report sez, "Overall, there have been no significant changes in obesity prevalence in youth or adults between 2003-2004 and 2011-2012"

Which didn't stop the New York Times headline writer from using this oh-happy-day headline.

In a boding-well kind of mood.  . “It was exciting.” She [Cynthia L. Ogden, a researcher for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the lead author of the report] cautioned that these very young children make up a tiny fraction of the American population and that the figures for the broader society had remained flat, and had even increased for women over 60. A third of adults and 17 percent of youths are obese, the federal survey found. Still, the lower obesity rates in the very young bode well for the future, researchers said.

The obesity rate for children ages 2-5 declined from 13.9% in 2003 to 8.$% in 2012.

The obesity rate for women over 60 increased from 31.5% in 2003 to 38% in 2012.

Obesity Rate for Older Women Swells 21% in a Decade