"Pediatricians say they are seeing alarming weight gains in children and adolescents as many return for in-person visits for the first time since the pandemic began." @rddysum: wsj.com/livecoverage/c…
"Doctors also report increases in weight-related health conditions, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and fatty liver disease. And some children with prediabetes are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes."
"'I’ve been really shocked by the amount of kids who have gone from normal weight to obese in a short period of time during the pandemic,' says Rachana Shah, medical director of the healthy weight program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia."
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