NJ is taking the lead in these new statistics. Among 2-4 year olds, there is a clear downward trend in obesity.
See the CDC statistics: http://stateofobesity.org/wic/ The hard work is paying off. Keep it up!
News Report: “Teaming up to reverse childhood obesity has yielded promising results—including new data that shows rates among 2-4 year olds enrolled in the federal WIC program have declined in 31 states. But the work is far from over.” Nov, 2016, by Donald Schwarz, MD, MPH, MBA is the vice president, RWJ Foundation’s strategies program, and Richard Hamburg, Interim President and CEO at Trust for America’s Health (TFAH)
http://www.rwjf.org/en/culture-of-health/2016/11/encouraging_progress.html?cid=xtw_rwjf_unpd_des:notag
For more information on WIC in NJ: https://www.state.nj.us/health/fhs/wic/index.shtml