Childhood obesity rates continue to increase globally; U.S. children among the heaviest

Penn Live – Ivey DeJesus

“Children are getting heavier, and the obesity rate is increasingly global and no longer delineated by country wealth. Those are among the key findings of a new study out Monday by the New England Journal of Medicine. In its article entitled “Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years,” the prestigious medical journal lays out the troubling and increasing global rate of childhood obesity. The study lays out long documented consequences associated with childhood obesity, among them cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cancers and an array of musculoskeletal disorders.”(more)