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Viewpoints and Perspectives (1374) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2662) Public (e)Health, Digital Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics (2271) Pediatrics (369) Obesity and Nutrition as Public Health Problem (586) Parent and Child Education on Healthy Eating and Nutrition (272) Innovations and Technology for Healthy Eating Education (552)

Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/95678, first published .
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Social Media as a Driver of Obesity in Children and Adolescents (Aged 6-18 Years): It Is Time for Regulatory Action

Social Media as a Driver of Obesity in Children and Adolescents (Aged 6-18 Years): It Is Time for Regulatory Action

Authors of this article:

Yuwei Liu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Wenyun Li2 Author Orcid Image ;   Li Ming Wen3 Author Orcid Image ;   Gengsheng He1 Author Orcid Image
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Yuwei Liu   1 , PhD ;   Wenyun Li   2 , PhD ;   Li Ming Wen   3 , PhD ;   Gengsheng He   1 , PhD

1 School of Public Health, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

2 Department of Clinical Nutrition, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

3 School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

Corresponding Author:

  • Gengsheng He, PhD
  • School of Public Health, National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment
  • Fudan University
  • 130 Dong’an Road
  • Shanghai 200032
  • China
  • Phone: 86 2154237271
  • Email: gshe@shmu.edu.cn