Diabetes/Obesity

Obesity rate drops 43 percent in young US children
Just eight percent of children aged two to five were obese in 2011-2012, down from 14 percent in 2003-2004, according to findings from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. MedicalXpress

Obesity prevalence remains high in US; no significant change in recent years
The prevalence of obesity remains high in the U.S., with about one-third of adults and 17 percent of children and teens obese in 2011-2012, according to a national survey study in the February 26 issue of JAMA. MedicalXpress

Fructose not responsible for increase in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
A meta-analysis of all available human trials published today in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition says fructose in and of itself is not to blame for the increase in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.  MedicalXpress