Medscape October 30, 2024
Childhood obesity is one of the most common pediatric chronic diseases in the United States, affecting 1 in 5 children. It is also one of the most complex — driven not only by genetic and physiological factors but also social determinants of health such as food insecurity or living in food deserts, poverty, parental education, and insurance access.
But pediatricians and other pediatric healthcare providers have an important strategy at their disposal: Prevention. If they are able to catch a child’s obesity risk early enough or at key points in early development, they may be able to address future associated outcomes such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.
That is exactly the reasoning underlying the development of a new,...
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