A new assessment by the Presidential Commission to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) identifies the key drivers behind the childhood chronic disease crisis, warning that more than one in five children over six years old in the US are obese. The report flags that more than one in five children over six years old in the US are obese. This is a more than 270% increase compared to the 1970s. Meanwhile, pre-diabetes is in more than one in four teen, having more than doubled over the last two decades.
