A new study discovered that children’s health has decreased significantly since 2007

When Dr. Christopher Forest began his career in pediatrics about 25 years ago, he says it is uncommon to see children bring chronic conditions. But this is a change. Nowadays, he says anecdotal, more children come to hospital and even primary care practices with chronic disease.

"They are just It seems to be patients. And they turned out," Forest says, Professor of Pediatrics at the Pediatric Hospital in Philadelphia.

in New study In the magazine mosqueForest and colleagues report that the health of America has worsened greatly through many major indicators since 2007.

They found that the American child was more vulnerable to between 15 and 20 percent than the presence of a chronic condition in 2023 of a child in 2011. In particular, depression, anxiety, sleep breathing and sleep All obesity increased, Autism rates, behavioral problems, developmental delay and hyperactivity disorder have also done.

Reports on problems such as poor sleep, limited physical activity, Menstruation early The unit also rose.

"I think the general message is that the health of children in the United States has been declining for nearly two decades," Forest says. The researchers consulted eight comprehensive data collections, including representative surveys at the national level and millions of health records for electronic children.

The researchers also discussed the death rates of American infants, young children and adolescents and compared them to their peers in other high -income countries over time. Forest says that in the 1960s, "The opportunity for the child to die in the United States was the same European countries." But this is no longer the case, he says.

"What we found is that from 2010 to 2023, children in the United States were 80 percent more likely to die," He says.

Between infants, these differences in deaths were largely driven by sudden unexpected and cheap infants. In the elderly children and adolescents, this gap was fueled by weapon violence, the disruption of kinetic vehicles and drug use.

"In 2020, Fire weapons deaths The cars are outperforming as a major cause of death in the youth of the United States," The authors write.

Dr. Friedrich Rivara Professor of Pediatrics At Washington University. he Participate in an editorial writing That accompanies the new study in mosque. He says healthcare coverage is one of the main reasons for American children more worse than their peers in other rich countries. It is noted that unlike Canada or the United Kingdom, the United States does not provide comprehensive health care coverage.

"Now it will get worse with the removal of children from Medicaid," Rivara says because of Huge discounts for Medicaid For low -income Americans who were included in the tax and spending bill, Trump’s president signed the law last week.

According to the Pew Research Center, it is estimated 41 percent of all American children They were registered in Medicaid as of January.

"While the administration Make America healthy again It draws attention to chronic diseases and important radical causes such as high -end foods, and they follow other policies that will work against health interests for children," Rivara and his participating authors wrote. This includes huge discounts in the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, including Prevented Programs and eliminate the team that runs A safe sleep campaign for childrenIt aims to reduce sudden infant death syndrome accidents, And initiatives that question the safety of childhood vaccines.

Jin Graneh was edited.

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