Feb
19
Topic: Childhood Obesity News - Chronic health problems among children on the rise - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Filed Under Childhood Obesity News
In fact, the prevalence of child chronic health conditions, from asthma to behavioral problems, increased from nearly 13 percent in 1994 to nearly 27 percent in 2006, according to a new study appearing in the latest Journal of the American Medical Association . Only about 7 percent of children who reported a chronic health problem in the beginning of the study had one six years later, researchers found. While the increase in obesity has been well-documented, the rise in other conditions is less understood, the study states. One explanation is that children have better access to specialized care for chronic problems and are able to survive diseases today that would have killed them decades ago, the study explains. The data presented by Van Cleave et al suggest that the prevalence of other chronic health conditions is also increasing among US children and that obesity is not the only clinical time bomb ticking away in children. Kelly Brewington came to the health beat a year ago after covering everything from education and government to race and immigration in her 11 years as a reporter. Read Childhood Obesity
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