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Childhood and Adolescent Obesity as a Winnable Battle-Reply

By Frieden T, Ethier K

“In Reply We agree with Dr Dietz that there has been a reduction in childhood obesity among 2- to 5-year-old children. At the launch of the Winnable Battles initiative, the target selected for childhood obesity was a decrease in obesity among 2- to 19-year-old children and adolescents. Obesity among 2- to 19-year-old children and adolescents increased from 16.8% in 2007-2008 to 17.2% in 2014 compared with the target of reducing the prevalence to 15.4%.”…

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Date Added
November 28, 2017

Citation
Frieden T, Ethier K (2017) 'Childhood and Adolescent Obesity as a Winnable Battle-Reply'. JAMA: Vol. 317, Issue 22, pp. 2336-2337. Available online: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2631526