Socioeconomic disparities in obesity among children and future actions to fight obesity in China

Hyunjung Lim^{1

2}, Youfa Wang^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea.
² Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
³ Fisher Institute of Health and Well-being, Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
⁴ Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710000, China.

Editorial

Hyunjung Lim et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;7(Suppl 8):S377.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.12.134.

Hyunjung Lim^{1

2}, Youfa Wang^{3

4}

¹ Department of Medical Nutrition, Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Korea.
² Research Institute of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
³ Fisher Institute of Health and Well-being, Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Health, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA.
⁴ Global Health Institute, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710000, China.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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