JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association（《美國醫協會雜志》）在新近的一周要聞有則信息，是關于青少年的肥胖和慢性疾病狀況的報道，文中提及作者發現的兒童慢性病的流行病學變化及有關社評，感興趣的朋友們可以到以下網址查看：http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/303/7/587?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=2010&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=10&resourcetype=HWCIT
Obesity and Chronic Health Conditions Among Youth
Van Cleave and colleagues analyzed data from 3 nationally representative cohorts of children who were aged 2 through 8 years at the beginning of each study period (1988, 1994, and 2000) and were followed up for 6 years to assess changes in the prevalence of chronic health conditions among children and youth—specifically, obesity, asthma, other physical conditions, and behavior or learning difficulties—that limited activities or schooling or that required medicine, special equipment, or specialized health services. The authors found that the prevalence of chronic conditions increased in each successive cohort of children and that the presence of these conditions was dynamic over time, with substantial variation in persistence. In an editorial, Halfon and Newacheck discuss the changing epidemiology of child health and childhood chronic disease.
JAMA. 2010;303(7):587.
（編輯：劉鵬達）
