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The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action.

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dc.contributor.author Di Cesare, Mariachiara
dc.contributor.author Soric, Maroje
dc.contributor.author Bovet, Pascal
dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Bhutta, Zulfiqar
dc.contributor.author Stevens, Gretchen A.
dc.contributor.author Laxmaiah, Avula
dc.contributor.author Kengne, Andre-Pascal
dc.contributor.author Bentham, James
dc.date.accessioned 2019-12-06T20:57:49Z
dc.date.available 2019-12-06T20:57:49Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/7430
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity in children has increased dramatically. This worldwide epidemic has important consequences, including psychiatric, psychological and psychosocial disorders in childhood and increased risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) later in life. Treatment of obesity is difficult and children with excess weight are likely to become adults with obesity. These trends have led member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) to endorse a target of no increase in obesity in childhood by 2025. MAIN BODY: Estimates of overweight in children aged under 5 years are available jointly from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WHO and the World Bank. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) has published country-level estimates of obesity in children aged 2-4 years. For children aged 5-19 years, obesity estimates are available from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration. The global prevalence of overweight in children aged 5 years or under has increased modestly, but with heterogeneous trends in low and middle-income regions, while the prevalence of obesity in children aged 2-4 years has increased moderately. In 1975, obesity in children aged 5-19 years was relatively rare, but was much more common in 2016. CONCLUSIONS: It is recognised that the key drivers of this epidemic form an obesogenic environment, which includes changing food systems and reduced physical activity. Although cost-effective interventions such as WHO 'best buys' have been identified, political will and implementation have so far been limited. There is therefore a need to implement effective programmes and policies in multiple sectors to address overnutrition, undernutrition, mobility and physical activity. To be successful, the obesity epidemic must be a political priority, with these issues addressed both locally and globally. Work by governments, civil society, private corporations and other key stakeholders must be coordinated. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher BioMed Central
dc.relation.ispartofseries BMC Medicine
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Adolescents en_US
dc.subject Children en_US
dc.subject Global health en_US
dc.subject Obesity en_US
dc.subject Overweight en_US
dc.title The epidemiological burden of obesity in childhood: a worldwide epidemic requiring urgent action. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1449-8
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00
dc.relation.issn 1741-7015


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