Аннотация:“Childhood obesity, perhaps like climate change, is at times in danger of inciting an ennui borne out of a repetition of problems without answers, a long latency before problems become apparent, and a perception that solutions are out of reach.” So say Lee Hudson and Russell Viner in an editorial this week (doi:10.1136/bmj.e5457). They are commenting on a systematic review which concludes that the adverse effects of obesity on children’s health are greater than previously thought (doi:10.1136/bmj.e4759).
Based on data from nearly 50 000 children the review’s authors found that, compared with children of normal weight, those with a raised body …
