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

BMC medicine, 2019-11, Vol.17 (1), p.212-212, Article 212 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action
Author: Di Cesare, Mariachiara ; Sorić, Maroje ; Bovet, Pascal ; Miranda, J Jaime ; Bhutta, Zulfiqar ; Stevens, Gretchen A ; Laxmaiah, Avula ; Kengne, Andre-Pascal ; Bentham, James
Subjects: Adolescent ; Adolescents ; Age ; Banks (Finance) ; Body weight ; Child ; Child health ; Child, Preschool ; Childhood ; Childhood obesity ; Children ; Children & youth ; Communicable diseases ; Communicable diseases in children ; Development and progression ; Diabetes ; Epidemics ; Epidemiology ; Estimates ; Female ; Global Health ; Health ; Health aspects ; Health risks ; Humans ; Male ; Medical research ; Medical treatment ; Medicine, Experimental ; Metabolism ; Nutrition ; Obesity ; Obesity in children ; Overnutrition ; Overweight ; Pediatric communicable diseases ; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology ; Physical activity ; Political aspects ; Prevalence ; Public health ; Review ; Risk analysis ; Risk Factors ; Socioeconomic factors ; System effectiveness ; Teenagers ; Trends ; Type 2 diabetes ; Undernutrition ; Young Adult ; Youth
Is Part Of: BMC medicine, 2019-11, Vol.17 (1), p.212-212, Article 212
Description: 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 life. Treatment of obesity is difficult and children with excess weight are likely to become adults with obesity. These trends have led member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) to endorse a target of no increase in obesity in childhood by 2025. Estimates of overweight in children aged under 5 years are available jointly from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WHO and the World Bank. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published country-level estimates of obesity in children aged 2-4 years. For children aged 5-19 years, obesity estimates are available from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration. The global prevalence of overweight in children aged 5 years or under has increased modestly, but with heterogeneous trends in low and middle-income regions, while the prevalence of obesity in children aged 2-4 years has increased moderately. In 1975, obesity in children aged 5-19 years was relatively rare, but was much more common in 2016. It is recognised that the key drivers of this epidemic form an obesogenic environment, which includes changing food systems and reduced physical activity. Although cost-effective interventions such as WHO 'best buys' have been identified, political will and implementation have so far been limited. There is therefore a need to implement effective programmes and policies in multiple sectors to address overnutrition, undernutrition, mobility and physical activity. To be successful, the obesity epidemic must be a political priority, with these issues addressed both locally and globally. Work by governments, civil society, private corporations and other key stakeholders must be coordinated.
Publisher: England: BioMed Central Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1741-7015
EISSN: 1741-7015
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1449-8
PMID: 31760948
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