Considering Pediatric Obesity as a US Public Health Emergency

Affiliations

¹ Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Eric M Bomberg et al. Pediatrics. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 1;152(4):e2023061501.

doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-061501.

¹ Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² ConscienHealth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine-Division of Endocrinology-Neuroendocrine, Department of Pediatrics-Division of Endocrinology, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard (NORCH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Conflict of interest statement

CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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