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- Title
Childhood Overweight and Obesity.
- Authors
Hawkins, Martha D.; Edwards, Sharon
- Abstract
The article discusses a study conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation into the growing population of overweight children in Kentucky. It takes note of the persistence of the obesity epidemic as indicated by research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Robinson et al. as well as of its physiological complications and psychological impact. Healthcare resource utilization for treating comorbid conditions and financial costs for the state are also discussed.
- Subjects
KENTUCKY; UNITED States; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); CHILDHOOD obesity; RACE; COMORBIDITY
- Publication
Kentucky Nurse, 2015, Vol 63, Issue 3, p4
- ISSN
0742-8367
- Publication type
Article