Childhood obesity incidence was higher and came at younger ages during the 2000s compared with the previous decade, according to a study in Pediatrics.
“Obesity in early life remains a leading public health challenge because it is linked with long-term poor physical and mental health,” researchers wrote. “The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States is among the highest in the world. Although some data suggested that increases in the prevalence of obesity among primary school children had stalled in the early 2000s, recent studies report that the prevalence of