Declining Child Health in the United States — Addressing the Developmental Ecosystem

To address drivers of poor child health, society should move from responding to health crises one symptom and one child at a time to reimagining ecosystems in ways that facilitate healthy development.

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Thriving: Trends in US Children's Mortality, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Functional Status, and Symptoms

Study Dates:2024 - 2025Sponsor Site:PEDSnet Data Coordinating Center

This study investigated how US children's health—ie, mortality, chronic conditions, obesity, functional status, and symptoms—changed from 2007 to 2023.

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Christopher B. Forrest, Neal Halfon, Declining Child Health in the United States — Addressing the Developmental Ecosystem, New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 395, Issue 12, September 2026, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2609124

Declining Child Health in the United States — Addressing the Developmental Ecosystem

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