Physical and mental health New research shows that our children have declined over the past 17 years.
Survey results published on Monday The American Medical Association Journal, From 2007 to 2023, it showed trends in child health in the United States.
“The surprising part of the study wasn’t a single statistics. It was that there were 170 indicators, eight data sources, and all showed the same thing.
The study found that US children were 15% to 20% more likely to have chronic conditions such as anxiety, depression, and sleep apnea than US children in 2011.
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Childhood obesity rate According to the survey results, children rose from 17% between 2007 and 2008 to about 21% from 2021-2023.
Children in America also experienced early menstruation, sleep disorders, limited activity, and increased physical symptoms. Depression symptoms Loneliness during the study period.
The paper also compared the death rates of US children with children in other high-income countries, finding that American children are about 1.8 times more likely to die than children in other countries.
Early, sudden, unexpected deaths occurred among US infants, and firearm-related incidents and motor vehicle collisions were far more common among American youths aged 1-19 years old than the same age in other countries investigated.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Children’s health has brought it to the forefront of national policy conversations with his “Make America Healthy Again” plan.
an Attached editorial However, new research argued that actions by the Trump administration, including cuts in federal health agencies, Medicaid and scientific research, are unlikely to reverse the trend.
“The health of children in America is not as good as it should be, not as good as other countries. The current policies of this administration will definitely make it worse,” Dr. Frederick Libala, a pediatrician and researcher at UW Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Seattle, told the Associated Press.
Forest, a pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said “children are canary people in the coal mines,” and the findings reflect a larger issue regarding health in America.
“We need to retreat and get some lessons from the ecological sustainability community, let’s take a look at the ecosystems our children are growing up.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
