Julia Eddelbuettel
Julia is a sophomore studying Policy Analysis and Management in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. She is interested the the intersection of economics and public health and quantitative approaches to solving public health issues. On campus, Julia is a teaching assistant, a research assistant in a lab that analyzes the effect of health product advertising on health outcomes, the co-founder and Vice President of One Love at Cornell, and a member of Consent Ed.
By Julia Eddelbuettel Published December 5, 2019
From 2000 to 2016, the proportion of overweight children and adolescents worldwide doubled, going from 1 in 10 to almost 1 in 5, according to a recently published UNICEF report. This increase in obesity causes significant problems for individuals and society beyond the obvious health concerns; in their future, these children will face lower levels of productivity, high mortality rates, and higher health-care costs to treat the comorbidities of obesity, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.