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- Overweight/obesity of 5-11 yr olds increased from 36% to 45% during the pandemic https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2783690 16 comments
- Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19: "Youths gained more weight during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the pandemic. The greatest change in the distance from the median BMI for age occurred among 5- through 11-year-olds with an increased BMI of 1.57." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2783690 11 comments science
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- FDA’s rotten definition of “healthy” food is finally getting tossed | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/fdas-rotten-definition-of-healthy-food-is-finally-getting-tossed/?comments=1 36 comments
- Children And Teens Saw Significant Weight Gain During The Pandemic, CDC Says : Coronavirus Updates : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/17/1038211236/weight-gain-obesity-children-teens-pandemic 6 comments
- Coronavirus Updates: Breakthrough Infections Less Likely to Cause Long Covid, Large Study Finds - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/01/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine 4 comments
- FDA’s rotten definition of “healthy” food is finally getting tossed | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/fdas-rotten-definition-of-healthy-food-is-finally-getting-tossed/ 2 comments
- ‘Staggering’: New Research Shows that Child Obesity Has Soared During Pandemic – The 74 https://www.the74million.org/staggering-new-research-shows-that-child-obesity-has-soared-during-pandemic/ 1 comment
- How to Fix Our Broken Relationship With COVID Math https://www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-fix-our-broken-relationship 0 comments
- Weight Gain And Obesity Up In 2020 In The U.S. : Shots - Health News : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/29/1041515129/obesity-rates-rise-during-pandemic-fueled-by-stress-job-loss-sedentary-lifestyle 0 comments