Childhood obesity is scary as it is. The good news is, that it's rate are not worsening, so many parents probably are taking precautionary measures. The bad news is, that it's rates are not improving either, so it is plausible that we have to try harder to prevent this happening to our kids:

May 27, 2008 -- For the first time in 20 years, America's child obesity rate hasn't gotten worse.

But it's not any better, according to the latest figures from the CDC.

* 31.9% of kids are overweight
* 16.3% of kids are obese
* 11.3% of kids are in the "heaviest of the heavy" category

"The numbers are still too high, but there is cause for cautious optimism. It may be leveling off after steady increases," CDC epidemiologist Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, tells WebMD.

Read the rest at WebMD: Child/Teen Obesity Rate Bad, Not Worse