Prevalence of Obesity Is Higher Than Published Estimates Suggest
To the Editor Zhang et al1 report valuable estimates of the national, regional, and global prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents. It may not be clear that their prevalence estimates are conservative, and more conservative in some populations than others.
Authors
- John J. Reilly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6165-5471)
Institutions
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3618
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00