Obesity Prevalence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2011 to 2023
Childhood obesity has increased in the United States over the past 3 decades (1).There is growing concern that societal shifts related to the COVID-19 pandemic (for example, school closures and heightened family stress) exacerbated the childhood obesity crisis through
Authors
- Rishi K. Wadhera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-3896)
- Lucas Marinacci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4443-2441)
- Adele Boyd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8317-3844)
- Rahul Aggarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4746-8511)
- Kosuke Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9614-8103)
- Michael Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-8797)
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Deaconess Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7326/annals-25-00389
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51
Funders
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention