Pediatric overweight: a weighty mortality concern.
Overweight children add a new dimension to pediatric underwriting due to their increasing numbers and unprecedented consideration in the risk stratification process. The lay and medical literature is rife with publications addressing the etiology, prevention, morbidity, and treatment of pediatric obesity. Less attention has been paid to long-term outcomes and mortality associated with pediatric overweight, although recent publications indicate that situation is changing. This review focuses specifically on mortality associated with pediatric overweight and its effect on the current and future insurability of children.
Zimmerman
Daniel D
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, 720 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-4797, USA. danielzimmerman@northwesternmutual.com