HealthDay (3/17, Thompson ) reports, “Nearly 1 in 3 children live with a chronic condition that could significantly affect their health for the rest of their lives, a new study says.” Researchers found that “chronic illnesses affected more than 30% of children ages 5 to 17 by 2018, up from around 23% in 1999.” That “adds up to about 130,000 more children each year being diagnosed with a chronic illness.” The findings were published in Academic Pediatrics.
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— “ 1 in 3 Children Now Suffer From Chronic Illness
,” Dennis Thompson, HealthDay, March 17, 2025