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[–] artifex@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago

Key takeaways

  • U.S. children and teens were nearly twice as likely to die as their peers in 18 other high-income countries between 2007 and 2022, researchers found.
  • Among 3- to 17-year-olds, the prevalence of chronic conditions increased from 39.9% to 45.7% in pediatric health systems.
  • Childhood obesity increased from 17.0% to 20.9%.
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago

unsurprising. the American healthcare system was designed to kill the most vulnerable.