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2. What causes childhood obesity? - AOL

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   About 14.7 million U.S. children and adolescents are impacted by childhood obesity. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

3. Weight-loss options for US youth are hard to come by - AOL

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   For many U.S. parents seeking help for a child with obesity, the most widely-endorsed treatment is out of reach - and it's not the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Leading medical groups recommend ...

4. Eating disorder specialists oppose child obesity guidelines - AOL

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   In January, the American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidance on how to evaluate and address childhood obesity, sparking outrage among eating disorder specialists across the country. "I am ...

5. Epidemiology of childhood obesity - Wikipedia

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   A systematic review on the incidence of childhood obesity, found that childhood obesity in the U.S. declines with age. [14] The age-and-sex related incidence of obesity was found to be "4.0% for infants 0–1.9 years, 4.0% for preschool-aged children 2.0–4.9 years, 3.2% for school-aged children 5.0–12.9 years, and 1.8% for adolescents 13.0 ...

6. Task Force on Childhood Obesity - Wikipedia

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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.

7. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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   Only 13 percent of American children walk or bike to school; once they arrive, less than a third of them will take part in a daily gym class. Among adults, the number of workers commuting more than 90 minutes each way grew by more than 15 percent from 2005 to 2016, a predictable outgrowth of America’s underinvestment in public transportation ...

9. US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible ...

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   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 ...