American Kids’ Health Is in Decline, and They’re Dying at Disproportionate Rates, Sweeping New Study Says

DR. MARC SIEGEL: More bad news about our kids' health. Is Ozempic the solution?

The disturbing news about our young children’s health is coming at us fast and furious. First we find out that there is an obesity epidemic among our youth, that more than 20% (perhaps more) are now obese, and I can tell you as a practicing internist that today’s obese child could be tomorrow’s obese adult with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure or stroke. And now we find out that, according to the latest CDC data, a third of al…

American kids’ health is in decline, and they’re dying at disproportionate rates, sweeping new study says

PHILADELPHIA — American children today are dying at much higher rates than kids in similar countries. They’re also far more likely to suffer from a chronic disease than children in previous generations were.

Extremely severe obesity is on the rise in kids—along with a barrage of health problems

Obesity rates in children have been on the rise for decades, having quadrupled from 1990 to 2022, and along with the rise in obesity, comes a rise in health risks. However, obesity can be broken down further into categories based on severity.

'Extremely Severe' Obesity in American Kids Is Surging, Study Finds

New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI cutoff—has become a "public health emergency."

Severe Obesity in US Children Has More Than Tripled Since 2008

The proportion of severely overweight children in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, with the highest rates seen in adolescents and Black children, a new study found.

Tracking Childhood Obesity: Long-Term BMI Classification Validated

Childhood obesity has become one of the most pressing public health issues of the 21st century, with far-reaching implications for individuals and societies worldwide. While body mass index (BMI) is the conventional metric for assessing obesity in both clinical and research settings, relying on cross-sectional BMI data at a single point in time often masks the dynamic and evolving nature of childhood growth patterns. In a groundbreaking study pu…