A new published study answered the question: How has US children’s health—ie, mortality, chronic conditions, obesity, functional status, and symptoms—changed from 2007 to 2023?
Trends from 2007 to 2023 have significantly worsened for child mortality; chronic physical, developmental, and mental health conditions; obesity; sleep health; early puberty; limitations in activity; and physical and emotional symptoms.
Results indicated that the health of US children has worsened across a wide range of health indicator domains over the past 17 years.
The broad scope of this deterioration highlights the need to identify and address the root causes of this fundamental decline in the nation’s health.
Read the full abstract: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2836060