Addressing weight stigma and obesity based discrimination in children: preparing pediatricians to meet the challenge

Overweight and obesity affects more than 17% of children worldwide. In the European region, one in three children between the ages of 6 and 9 is currently overweight or obese2, while in the United States, childhood obesity rates have tripled over the past three decades and currently about one in three children is overweight or obese3. The prevalence of obesity in the population aged 2 to 19 years residing in the United States during 2017-2020 was 19.7%, affecting about 14.7 million children and adolescents4.

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