Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children.

By M. de Onís, M. Blössner, E. Borghi. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010

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Childhood obesity: a review of increased risk for physical and psychological comorbidities. (2013, background): “7% in 2010.(16) Rates of obesity in youth are expected to continue to grow.”
Dietary and Policy Priorities for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity – A Comprehensive Review (2016, neutral): “This modern rise in overweight and obesity is also occurring in children across most nations.(43) The full long-term health consequences of adiposity in these youthful generations remain to be seen, in whom rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, dyslipidemia, and hypert”
The global childhood obesity epidemic and the association between socio-economic status and childhood obesity (2012, background): “…time trends in the combined prevalence in children age 0 – 5 years from 1990 to 2010, and projected worldwide rates for 2015 and 2020 (Table 3) (de Onis et al., 2010): 43 million children (35 million in developing countries) were estimated to be overweight or obese in 2010, and 92 million were…”
Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents (2014, background): “Global Prevalence and Trends of Pediatric Overweight/ Obesity Based on the analysis of 450 nationally representative cross-sectional surveys from 144 countries in a 2010 report, 43 million preschool children under age 5 (35 million in developing countries) were estimated to be overweight and obese a”