Prevalence of pediatric obesity increases to 21%

The prevalence of pediatric obesity in the U.S. rose from 17% to 21% between 2011 and 2020, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Amanda E. Staiano, PhD, associate professor of pediatric obesity and health behavior at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, co-authored the letter.
“It's really important in this country that we see obesity prevalence to try to track to see how many of our children and teenagers have obesity,” Staiano told Healio.
“We've seen for several years, it's going on decades now, that the prevalence of obesity, the

The prevalence of pediatric obesity in the U.S. rose from 17% to 21% between 2011 and 2020, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Amanda E. Staiano, PhD, associate professor of pediatric obesity and health behavior at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, co-authored the letter.
“It’s really important in this country that we see obesity prevalence to try to track to see how many of our children and teenagers have obesity,” Staiano told Healio.
“We’ve seen for several years, it’s going on decades now, that the prevalence of obesity, the