RT Journal
A1 Baidal J, Taveras EM
T1 Childhood obesity: Shifting the focus to early prevention
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2012
FD December 1
VO 166
IS 12
SP 1179
OP 1181
DO 10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.358
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamapediatrics.358
AB 
In the past 3 decades, rates of overweight and obesity among adults and children have substantially increased worldwide with all but the poorest countries now struggling with an obesity epidemic.1 While childhood obesity rates may have plateaued in some US population subgroups, such as white individuals and those of higher socioeconomic status, overall rates remain stubbornly high and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities appear to be widening.2 The underlying causes of obesity and related noncommunicable diseases are modifiable risk factors; these risk factors represent major causes of socially determined health inequalities worldwide and make prevention of obesity a global health priority.3