But are we really winning the war against childhood obesity? USA Today published a study from the Journal of American Medicine claiming the earlier study "did not stand up" to extra scrutiny. According to the new study, previous rates of childhood obesity were 10%-11%, making the decline less significant.

To make matters worse, rates among extremely obese children actually increased by 1%-2%. This is the most at-risk group. According to Prof. Tom Robinson of Stanford University, "these children are on track to become the sickest adults." We still have much work to do in the war on childhood obesity.

See follow-up article on USA Today.