A new report more clearly substantiates the need to treat obesity as a serious health condition impacting the current and future wellbeing of children. Previous trends in childhood obesity should have alarmed parents and physicians alike – but this latest retrospective cohort study conducted by Kaiser Permanente of Southern California (KPSC) of over 200,000 young patients’ electronic health records identified significant increases in body mass index (BMI) occurring between March 2020 and January 2021.1