Fighting youth obesity is the best way to significantly reduce obesity and related diseases (diabetes, liver, cardiovascular or pulmonary disease, cancer, joint disorders, etc.) in adulthood. Childhood obesity in Europe has increased due to Covid-related movement restrictions. A very telling example. In Val-de-Marne, overweight among 6-year-old children increased by 50% in 2 years, especially in schools classified as ZEPs.
In this worrisome context that we find ourselves at the global level, on January 9 the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), which brought together pediatricians in the United States, came out with a bang. In a country where 1 in 5, as well as 1 in 3, are obese, the AAP advocates an aggressive approach to screening and evaluating overweight or obese children starting at age 2. The AAP, whose previous strategy of “watchful waiting” has proven inadequate, recommends intervention in children…
Source: Le Figaro
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