The first lady, Michelle Obama, was quick to grab credit for a study showing a whopping 43% decline in childhood obesity: “Today’s announcement reaffirms my belief that together, we are making a real difference in helping kids across the country get a healthier start to life,” the first lady said in a statement.   “We know how essential it is to set our youngest children on a path towards a lifetime of healthy eating and physical activity, and more than 10,000 childcare programs participating in the Let’s Move! Child Care initiative are doing vitally important work on this front. Yet, while this announcement reflects important progress, we also know that there is tremendous work still to be done to support healthy futures for all our children.” (The Hill) Unfortunately for Michelle, the study now looks like an anomaly at best, junk science at the worst. Sharon Begley of Reuters: If the news last month that the prevalence...(Read Full Post)