Childhood Obesity in COVID-19: Ways to Counsel
by Leslia Gonzalez (’22)
reviewed by Celeste Corcoran
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Childhood obesity has been a growing problem for many years. The COVID pandemic has unfortunately exacerbated this. A study published in JAMA that utilized the Kaiser Permanente Southern California population found an increase in childhood obesity across all ages, with the largest being within the age group of 5-11 yo. There was an increase of approximately 9%. We have seen this trend amongst our patient population as well.