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Childhood obesity rates declining in preschoolers (Australia)

May 19 2011

A new study found a small but steady fall in the proportion of Victorian preschool children deemed overweight during the past decade. Children from poorer families benefited most.

Click here for the full article published in the Sydney Morning Herald (28 March 2011).

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