Adolescence and young adulthood: an untapped window of opportunity for obesity prevention

• Main Authors: Stephanie R Partridge (Author), Kyra A Sim (Author), Natasha Armaghanian (Author), Kate S Steinbeck (Author), Hoi Lun Cheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sax Institute, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Adolescence and young adulthood (AYA) are formative life stages, second only to the first 1000 days. Yet young people have historically been 'forgotten' in our health system. Major health risk factors, like adolescent obesity, have largely been left untreated, resulting in significant chro...