Youth Obesity
Cross-source consensus on Youth Obesity from 1 sources and 7 claims.
1 sources · 7 claims
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- The current situation has no historical precedent: for the first time, the cohort that should be at peak health is experiencing metabolic degradation. — The Youth Obesity Epidemic: A Coming Health Catastrophe
- Being significantly overweight has been effectively normalised among adolescents and no longer registers as a health deviation requiring intervention. — The Youth Obesity Epidemic: A Coming Health Catastrophe
- Parental obesity and household food norms are a direct cause of children's metabolic trajectory. — The Youth Obesity Epidemic: A Coming Health Catastrophe
- The obesity trend in youth accelerated dramatically after the COVID-19 pandemic. — The Youth Obesity Epidemic: A Coming Health Catastrophe
- In the 1990s obese children were a rarity; today obesity is arguably the norm in many public settings. — The Youth Obesity Epidemic: A Coming Health Catastrophe
- The structural-poverty argument — that unhealthy food is unavoidably cheaper for low-income families — does not hold up under scrutiny. — The Youth Obesity Epidemic: A Coming Health Catastrophe
- A majority of adolescents aged 10 to 15 in the US and UK are now clinically obese, not merely overweight. — The Youth Obesity Epidemic: A Coming Health Catastrophe