Have the French run out of children?
"France may be the first country in the EU to see signs of a levelling off in the national prevalence of childhood obesity, according to the results of two new surveys."
Nope. Just found more hope in interpreting data:
"In the school zones covered in both surveys, the researchers found that 18.1% of the 1,582 children studied in 2000 were overweight, including 3.8% who were obese, and that 15.8% of the 1,014 children studied in 2007 were overweight, including 3.0% who were obese. However, the difference between the percentages in 2000 and 2007 was not statistically meaningful, which means the prevalence is not considered to have changed...
'It remains to be seen whether this observed stabilization will last. It's only the first suggestion that it could be levelling off.'"
Stay tuned.
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