The Hill (3/8, Cochran) said that a CDC report (PDF) last month “showed more than 1 in 5 U.S. children and teenagers” had obesity “between 2021 to 2023, compared to only 5.2% between 1971-1974. The number of children with severe obesity in recent years has hit 7%.” To reverse this trend, “experts point to school meals and increased activity as key ways to address childhood obesity, with research showing school meals are the healthiest eating options some students have all day.”
Related Links:
— “Childhood obesity at a record high as MAHA presses for changes to kids’ diets,”Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, March 8, 2026