Insight into the causes of the recent secular trend in pediatric obesity: Common sense does not always prevail for complex, multi-factorial phenotypes.

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Although the secular increase in pediatric obesity is well-documented, there has been no serious attempt to systematically address the causes of this secular trend. The aim of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the possible causes of the recent secular increase in pediatric obesity by reviewing and synthesizing the available literature pertaining to the topic. The paper addresses caveats and...

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