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Why America's Exploding Teen Obesity Crisis Is Bad News for U.S. Health Care

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   By Sy Mukherjee
   October 11, 2017

   A new study published by World Health Organization (WHO) scientists and
   other researchers in the journal the Lancet makes clear the stark
   reality of America’s obesity epidemic and the toll it’s taken among
   young people over the past 40 years (there are 10 times more obese
   children and teenagers in the world today compared to 1975).

   In short, researchers found that child and teen obesity rates have
   skyrocketed in the U.S. and other high-income nations (and are also
   becoming major concern in low- and middle-income countries). But
   America’s numbers are a particular cause for concern despite a recent
   leveling off in the childhood obesity rate, according to the
   researchers. And that has broad implications throughout the U.S. health
   sector.
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   “Prevalence of obesity was about 20% or more in several countries in
   Polynesia and Micronesia, the Middle East and north Africa, the
   Caribbean, and the USA,” wrote the study authors. The research suggests
   just under 20% of U.S. girls and more than 23% of U.S. boys are obese.
   That puts the USA at “the highest obesity rates for girls and boys.”

   There are more than 120 million obese children and young adults across
   the globe. What’s particularly troubling about this figure is that
   obesity early on in life often corresponds to obesity later in life—and
   the multitude of health complications like cancer, heart disease, and
   diabetes which can accompany it.

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