Duke released a study today about the welfare of children in America these days.

Here are the headlines from your local media:

Kids safer, sadder, fatter, study says

Kids fatter, poorer, safer

Obesity is biggest health problem for children, Duke report says

We know how the media sums up the results, but here is what the study’s coordinator, Duke professor Kenneth Land, had to say:

“The overall message is, children are better off than they were 30 years ago.”