Is America’s obesity epidemic slowing? A new poll found there more normal-weight Americans than overweight ones for the first time in more than three years.

Don’t get too excited, though – the Gallup and Healthways poll still showed almost 62 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.

“Although the majority of Americans are still overweight or obese, it is an encouraging sign that obesity rates are trending downward in the U.S. and among demographic subgroups,” Elizabeth Mendes, deputy managing editor at Gallup, said in a written statement.

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