American Are Eating Fewer Calories But Where Is The Weight Loss?

Despite Obesity Rise, U.S. Calories Trending Downward by Kathryn Doyle. Reuters.  March 6, 2013.

According to A CDC survey Americans have been eating fewer calories for almost a decade.  To explain the lack of decline in obesity, several explanations are offered:  there could be methodology problems with the survey itself, or a increasingly serious lack-of-exercise problem, or it may take some time for the decline in calories to be reflected in weight loss.  In any case, this article points to a potentially extremely significant trend and/or the need to develop more refined measurements.