The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action

Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Sorić, Maroje; Bovet, Pascal; Jaime Miranda, J.; A Bhutta, Zulfiqar; A Stevens, Gretchen; Laxmaiah, Avula; Pascal Kengne, André; Bentham, James

doi:10.1186/s12916-019-1449-8

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The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action

Published in BMC Medicine • Nov 25, 2019

Authors:

Mariachiara Di Cesare

Maroje Sorić

Pascal Bovet

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity in children has increased dramatically. This worldwide epidemic has important consequences, including psychiatric, psychological and psychosocial disorders in childhood and increased risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) later in...

Subject

Medicine

Overweight

Obesity

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