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The Childhood Obesity Task Force is a United States government task force charged with reducing childhood obesity in the United States. It was founded on February 9, 2010, by the Obama administration through a presidential memorandum, announcing the establishment of a Task Force on Childhood Obesity.
Historically, obesity primarily affected adults, but childhood obesity has grown significantly in recent decades. From the mid-1980s to the mid-2010s, obesity roughly doubled among U.S. children ages 2 to 5 and roughly tripled among young people over the age of 6. [74] Overall, obesity in the United States peaks during the middle aged years.
In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report.
A study published in JAMA Network Open showed that drinking less soda may help combat childhood overweight and obesity. (Drinking fruit juice before age 2 is also linked to developing childhood ...
Additionally, pediatric gastroenterologist Rebecca Winderman, MD posted a video on Twitter on January 19 supporting the guidelines, including the use of medication to treat children with obesity ...
For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right direction and new weight loss drugs like semaglutide could be part of the reason why. A ...
According to an article in The New York Times, the health effects of childhood obesity may lead to a reduction in lifespan of two to five years. It is the first time in two centuries that the current generation of children in America may have a shorter lifespan than their parents. [26]
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