Purpose of Review

Obesity rates continue to rise among children and have shown persistent racial disparities. Racism plays a potentially essential and actionable role in these disparities. This report reviews some mechanisms through which racism may shape childhood obesity.

Recent Findings

From the youngest ages, disparities in childhood obesity prevalence are already present. Racism may shape intergenerational and prenatal factors that affect obesity and various stressors and environments where children grow up. The relationships between clinicians and patients may also be shaped by everyday racism and legacies of past racism, which may affect obesity prevalence and treatment efficacy.

Summary

Comprehensive data on the extent to which racism shapes childhood obesity is limited. However, compelling evidence suggests many ways through which racism ultimately does affect childhood obesity. Interventions to address racism at multiple points where it shapes childhood obesity, including intergenerational and prenatal mechanisms, may help to close disparities.

中文翻译：

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种族主义在儿童肥胖中的作用

审查目的

儿童肥胖率持续上升，并显示出持续存在的种族差异。种族主义在这些差异中发挥着潜在的重要和可操作的作用。本报告回顾了种族主义可能导致儿童肥胖的一些机制。

最近的发现

从最小的年龄开始，儿童肥胖患病率就已经存在差异。种族主义可能会影响代际和产前因素，影响肥胖以及儿童成长的各种压力源和环境。临床医生和患者之间的关系也可能受到日常种族主义和过去种族主义的影响，这可能会影响肥胖患病率和治疗效果。

概括

关于种族主义在多大程度上影响儿童肥胖的综合数据有限。然而，令人信服的证据表明，种族主义最终确实通过多种方式影响儿童肥胖。在造成儿童肥胖的多个方面解决种族主义问题的干预措施，包括代际和产前机制，可能有助于缩小差距。