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[1] NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). (2024). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. The Lancet, 403(10431), 1027-1050. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2 [2] GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 405(10481), 785-812. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00397-6 (PMID: 40049185 - supports the five-decade global rise and pandemic framing) [3] World Health Organization. (2024). Obesity and overweight [Fact sheet]. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight (Supports "global public health issue" framing and NCD linkage) COVID-19 and Childhood Obesity (paragraph 3) [4] Cena, H., Fiechtner, L., Vincenti, A., Magenes, V. C., De Giuseppe, R., & Manuelli, M. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic as risk factors for excessive weight gain in pediatrics: The role of changes in nutrition behavior. A narrative review. Nutrients, 13(12), 4255. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124255 (PMID: 34959805 - covers lockdowns, disrupted routines, unhealthy eating, and childhood weight gain risk) [5] Woo, S., Yang, H., Kim, Y., Lim, H., Song, H. J., & Park, K. H. (2022). Sedentary time and fast-food consumption associated with weight gain during COVID-19 lockdown in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 37(12), e103. https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e103 (PMID: 35347907 - directly links lockdown sedentary behaviour and fast-food consumption to weight gain) Health Consequences and Comorbidities (paragraph 4) [6] Hampl, S. E., Hassink, S. G., Skinner, A. C., Armstrong, S. C., Barlow, S. E., Bolling, C. F., et al. (2023). Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. Pediatrics, 151(2), e2022060640. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060640 (PMID: 36622115 - covers insulin resistance, T2DM, dyslipidemia, hypertension, NAFLD, OSA, orthopaedic disorders, anxiety, depression, social stigma, and adult cardiometabolic risk) [7] Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, E. L., Farooqi, I. S., Murad, M. H., Silverstein, J. H., & Wrotniak, B. H. (2017). Pediatric obesity - assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-2573 (PMID: 28359099 - covers the full spectrum of metabolic, cardiovascular, and psychosocial comorbidities and adult disease burden) Anthropometric Assessment Methods (paragraph 5) [8] Hampl, S. E., et al. (2023). [Same as [6] above - cite once, use for both paragraphs 4 and 5] (Supports BMI-for-age as primary screening tool and the guideline-based anthropometric framework) [9] Sun, J., Yang, R., Zhao, M., Bovet, P., & Xi, B. (2021). Tri-Ponderal Mass Index as a screening tool for identifying body fat and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12, 694681. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.694681 (PMID: 34744995 - the primary systematic review validating TMI as an adiposity and cardiometabolic risk screening tool alongside BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-height ratio) REFERENCE 1.1 [1] World Health Organization. (2024). Obesity and overweight [Fact sheet]. World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight [2] Hampl, S. E., Hassink, S. G., Skinner, (2023). Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. Pediatrics, 151(2), e2022060640. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060640 [3] Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, (2017). Pediatric obesity - assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-2573 [4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). Defining childhood weight status. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/defining.html [5] World Health Organization. (2006). WHO child growth standards: Length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age: Methods and development. WHO Press. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/924154693X [6] Rubino, F., Cummings, D. E., Eckel, & the Lancet Commission on Clinical Obesity. (2025). Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 13(3), 221-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00316- Reference 1.2 1. World Health Organization. WHO guideline: assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017. 2. Hampl SE, Hassink SG, Skinner AC, Armstrong SC, Barlow SE, Bolling CF, et al. Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity. Pediatrics. 2023;151(2):e2022060640. doi:10.1542/peds.2022-060640. 3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Extended BMI-for-Age Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents With Severe Obesity. Atlanta (GA): CDC; 2022. 4. Kumar S, Kelly AS. Review of childhood obesity: from epidemiology, etiology, and comorbidities to clinical assessment and treatment. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017;92(2):251–265. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.09.017. 5. World Health Organization. Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity: implementation plan. Geneva: WHO; 2017. 6. de Onis M, Branca F. Childhood stunting: a global perspective. Although focused on growth, this WHO framework supports interpretation of pediatric growth references. Matern Child Nutr. 2016;12(Suppl 1):12–26. (Use only if discussing growth interpretation; otherwise retain WHO growth reference.) 7. Lobstein T, Jackson-Leach R, Powis J, Brinsden H, Gray M. World Obesity Atlas 2023. London: World Obesity Federation; 2023. 8. Jebeile H, Kelly AS, O'Malley G, Baur LA. Obesity in children and adolescents: epidemiology, causes, assessment, and management. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2022;10(5):351–365. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00047-X. 9. Styne DM, Arslanian SA, Connor EL, Farooqi IS, Murad MH, Silverstein JH, et al. Pediatric obesity—assessment, treatment, and prevention: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline update. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017;102(3):709–757. Reference 1.3 10. World Health Organization. Obesity and overweight [Internet]. Geneva: WHO; 2025 [cited 2026 Jul 19]. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight 11. GBD 2021 Adolescent and Adult BMI Collaborators. Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, adolescents, and adults, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050. Lancet. 2025. 11. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-based studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2024;403(10431):1027-1050. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2. REFERENCE 1.4 12. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI): Report on the sixth round of data collection, 2022–2024. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. 13. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. Childhood obesity surveillance initiative (COSI): Republic of Moldova country report. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. 14. Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova. National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases 2023–2027. Chisinau: Ministry of Health; 2023. 15. World Health Organization. The double burden of malnutrition: policy brief. Geneva: WHO; 2023. 16. Prevalence of obesity among school-going children in India: a systematic review, meta-analysis and spatial analysis. Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 2025. 17. Indian Academy of Pediatrics. Clinical Practice Guidelines for Childhood Obesity: Evaluation and Management. Mumbai: IAP; 2023. References 1.5 3. Kliegman RM, St Geme JW, Blum NJ, Shah SS, Tasker RC, Wilson KM. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 22nd ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2024. 4. World Health Organization. Obesity and overweight. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2024. 5. American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee. Children and adolescents: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025. Diabetes Care. 2025;48(Suppl 1):S279–S299. 6. Ranjani H, Mehreen TS, Pradeepa R, et al. Prevalence of comorbidities among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Rev. 2024. 7. World Health Organization. WHO guideline for the prevention and management of childhood obesity. Geneva: WHO; 2025. 8. Berenson GS, Srinivasan SR, Bao W, et al. Association between multiple cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in children and young adults. N Engl J Med. 1998;338:1650–1656. 9. Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Berenson GS, et al. Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:1876–1885. 10. Styne DM, Arslanian SA, Connor EL, et al. Pediatric obesity—assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017;102(3):709–757. 11. Simmonds M, Llewellyn A, Owen CG, Woolacott N. Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Rev. 2016;17(2):95–107. 12. Freedman DS, Khan LK, Serdula MK, et al. The relation of childhood BMI to adult adiposity: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics. 2005;115(1):22–27. 13. World Obesity Federation. World Obesity Atlas 2025. London: World Obesity Federation; 2025. References 1.6 1. World Health Organization. Obesity and overweight [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025 [cited 2026 Jul 22]. Available from: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight 2. World Health Organization. A primary health care approach to obesity prevention and management in children and adolescents: policy brief. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. 3. Styne DM, Arslanian SA, Connor EL, Farooqi IS, Murad MH, Silverstein JH, et al. Pediatric obesity—assessment, treatment, and prevention: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017;102(3):709-757. 4. O'Rahilly S, Farooqi IS. Human obesity: a heritable neurobehavioral disorder that is highly sensitive to environmental conditions. Diabetes. 2020;69(11):2325-2340. 5. Kühnen P. Genetic obesity: a rare cause of severe childhood obesity. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2015;112(34-35):564-574. 6. Stiglic N, Viner RM. Effects of screentime on the health and well-being of children and adolescents: a systematic review of reviews. BMJ Open. 2019;9(1):e023191. 7. Loos RJF. The genetics of adiposity. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2018;50:86-95. 8. Godfrey KM, Reynolds RM, Prescott SL, Nyirenda M, Jaddoe VWV, Eriksson JG, et al. Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspring. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017;5(1):53-64. 9. Wadhwa PD, Buss C, Entringer S, Swanson JM. Developmental origins of health and disease: brief history of the approach and current focus on epigenetic mechanisms. Semin Reprod Med. 2009;27(5):358-368. 10. Saltiel AR, Olefsky JM. Inflammatory mechanisms linking obesity and metabolic disease. J Clin Invest. 2017;127(1):1-4. 11. Yang Y, et al. Gut microbiota: an important participant in childhood obesity. [Journal article]. 2024. PMID: 39733798. can you make it into APA style without changing headings and number

Here are all the references reformatted in APA 7th edition style, with headings and numbering preserved exactly as provided:
[1] NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). (2024). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. The Lancet, 403(10431), 1027-1050. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2
[2] GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 405(10481), 785-812. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00397-6
[3] World Health Organization. (2024). Obesity and overweight [Fact sheet]. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
[4] Cena, H., Fiechtner, L., Vincenti, A., Magenes, V. C., De Giuseppe, R., & Manuelli, M. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic as risk factors for excessive weight gain in pediatrics: The role of changes in nutrition behavior. A narrative review. Nutrients, 13(12), Article 4255. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124255
[5] Woo, S., Yang, H., Kim, Y., Lim, H., Song, H. J., & Park, K. H. (2022). Sedentary time and fast-food consumption associated with weight gain during COVID-19 lockdown in children and adolescents with overweight or obesity. Journal of Korean Medical Science, 37(12), Article e103. https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e103
[6] Hampl, S. E., Hassink, S. G., Skinner, A. C., Armstrong, S. C., Barlow, S. E., Bolling, C. F., & et al. (2023). Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. Pediatrics, 151(2), Article e2022060640. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060640
[7] Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, E. L., Farooqi, I. S., Murad, M. H., Silverstein, J. H., & Wrotniak, B. H. (2017). Pediatric obesity - assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-2573
[8] Hampl, S. E., Hassink, S. G., Skinner, A. C., Armstrong, S. C., Barlow, S. E., Bolling, C. F., & et al. (2023). Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. Pediatrics, 151(2), Article e2022060640. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060640
[9] Sun, J., Yang, R., Zhao, M., Bovet, P., & Xi, B. (2021). Tri-Ponderal Mass Index as a screening tool for identifying body fat and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12, Article 694681. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2021.694681
REFERENCE 1.1
[1] World Health Organization. (2024). Obesity and overweight [Fact sheet]. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
[2] Hampl, S. E., Hassink, S. G., Skinner, A. C., Armstrong, S. C., Barlow, S. E., Bolling, C. F., & et al. (2023). Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. Pediatrics, 151(2), Article e2022060640. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060640
[3] Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, E. L., Farooqi, I. S., Murad, M. H., Silverstein, J. H., & Wrotniak, B. H. (2017). Pediatric obesity - assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-2573
[4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). Defining childhood weight status. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/defining.html
[5] World Health Organization. (2006). WHO child growth standards: Length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age: Methods and development. WHO Press. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/924154693X
[6] Rubino, F., Cummings, D. E., Eckel, R. H., & the Lancet Commission on Clinical Obesity. (2025). Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 13(3), 221-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(24)00316-6
Reference 1.2
1. World Health Organization. (2017). WHO guideline: Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition. World Health Organization.
2. Hampl, S. E., Hassink, S. G., Skinner, A. C., Armstrong, S. C., Barlow, S. E., Bolling, C. F., & et al. (2023). Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. Pediatrics, 151(2), Article e2022060640. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060640
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). CDC extended BMI-for-age growth charts for children and adolescents with severe obesity. CDC.
4. Kumar, S., & Kelly, A. S. (2017). Review of childhood obesity: From epidemiology, etiology, and comorbidities to clinical assessment and treatment. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 92(2), 251-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.09.017
5. World Health Organization. (2017). Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity: Implementation plan. World Health Organization.
6. de Onis, M., & Branca, F. (2016). Childhood stunting: A global perspective. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 12(Suppl. 1), 12-26.
7. Lobstein, T., Jackson-Leach, R., Powis, J., Brinsden, H., & Gray, M. (2023). World Obesity Atlas 2023. World Obesity Federation.
8. Jebeile, H., Kelly, A. S., O'Malley, G., & Baur, L. A. (2022). Obesity in children and adolescents: Epidemiology, causes, assessment, and management. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 10(5), 351-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00047-X
9. Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, E. L., Farooqi, I. S., Murad, M. H., Silverstein, J. H., & et al. (2017). Pediatric obesity - assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline update. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-2573
Reference 1.3
10. World Health Organization. (2025). Obesity and overweight [Fact sheet]. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
11. GBD 2021 Adolescent and Adult BMI Collaborators. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, adolescents, and adults, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050. The Lancet.
11. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). (2024). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-based studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. The Lancet, 403(10431), 1027-1050. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2
REFERENCE 1.4
12. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. (2025). WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI): Report on the sixth round of data collection, 2022-2024. WHO Regional Office for Europe.
13. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe. (2025). Childhood obesity surveillance initiative (COSI): Republic of Moldova country report. WHO Regional Office for Europe.
14. Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova. (2023). National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases 2023-2027. Ministry of Health.
15. World Health Organization. (2023). The double burden of malnutrition: Policy brief. World Health Organization.
16. Prevalence of obesity among school-going children in India: A systematic review, meta-analysis and spatial analysis. (2025). Indian Journal of Community Medicine.
17. Indian Academy of Pediatrics. (2023). Clinical practice guidelines for childhood obesity: Evaluation and management. Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
References 1.5
3. Kliegman, R. M., St Geme, J. W., Blum, N. J., Shah, S. S., Tasker, R. C., & Wilson, K. M. (2024). Nelson textbook of pediatrics (22nd ed.). Elsevier.
4. World Health Organization. (2024). Obesity and overweight [Fact sheet]. World Health Organization.
5. American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee. (2025). Children and adolescents: Standards of care in diabetes - 2025. Diabetes Care, 48(Suppl. 1), S279-S299.
6. Ranjani, H., Mehreen, T. S., Pradeepa, R., & et al. (2024). Prevalence of comorbidities among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews.
7. World Health Organization. (2025). WHO guideline for the prevention and management of childhood obesity. World Health Organization.
8. Berenson, G. S., Srinivasan, S. R., Bao, W., & et al. (1998). Association between multiple cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in children and young adults. New England Journal of Medicine, 338, 1650-1656.
9. Juonala, M., Magnussen, C. G., Berenson, G. S., & et al. (2011). Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors. New England Journal of Medicine, 365, 1876-1885.
10. Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, E. L., & et al. (2017). Pediatric obesity - assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757.
11. Simmonds, M., Llewellyn, A., Owen, C. G., & Woolacott, N. (2016). Predicting adult obesity from childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 17(2), 95-107.
12. Freedman, D. S., Khan, L. K., Serdula, M. K., & et al. (2005). The relation of childhood BMI to adult adiposity: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics, 115(1), 22-27.
13. World Obesity Federation. (2025). World Obesity Atlas 2025. World Obesity Federation.
References 1.6
1. World Health Organization. (2025). Obesity and overweight [Fact sheet]. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight
2. World Health Organization. (2023). A primary health care approach to obesity prevention and management in children and adolescents: Policy brief. World Health Organization.
3. Styne, D. M., Arslanian, S. A., Connor, E. L., Farooqi, I. S., Murad, M. H., Silverstein, J. H., & et al. (2017). Pediatric obesity - assessment, treatment, and prevention: An Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 102(3), 709-757.
4. O'Rahilly, S., & Farooqi, I. S. (2020). Human obesity: A heritable neurobehavioral disorder that is highly sensitive to environmental conditions. Diabetes, 69(11), 2325-2340.
5. Kühnen, P. (2015). Genetic obesity: A rare cause of severe childhood obesity. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 112(34-35), 564-574.
6. Stiglic, N., & Viner, R. M. (2019). Effects of screentime on the health and well-being of children and adolescents: A systematic review of reviews. BMJ Open, 9(1), Article e023191.
7. Loos, R. J. F. (2018). The genetics of adiposity. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 50, 86-95.
8. Godfrey, K. M., Reynolds, R. M., Prescott, S. L., Nyirenda, M., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Eriksson, J. G., & et al. (2017). Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspring. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(1), 53-64.
9. Wadhwa, P. D., Buss, C., Entringer, S., & Swanson, J. M. (2009). Developmental origins of health and disease: Brief history of the approach and current focus on epigenetic mechanisms. Seminars in Reproductive Medicine, 27(5), 358-368.
10. Saltiel, A. R., & Olefsky, J. M. (2017). Inflammatory mechanisms linking obesity and metabolic disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 127(1), 1-4.
11. Yang, Y., & et al. (2024). Gut microbiota: An important participant in childhood obesity. [Journal article]. PMID: 39733798.
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can you make this new bibliograpghy in alphabetical order withou adding any new bibliography

Here is the full bibliography sorted alphabetically by first author's surname (or organisation name where no individual author is listed), with no new entries added:
American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee. (2025). Children and adolescents: Standards of care in diabetes - 2025. Diabetes Care, 48(Suppl. 1), S279-S299.
Berenson, G. S., Srinivasan, S. R., Bao, W., & et al. (1998). Association between multiple cardiovascular risk factors and atherosclerosis in children and young adults. New England Journal of Medicine, 338, 1650-1656.
Cena, H., Fiechtner, L., Vincenti, A., Magenes, V. C., De Giuseppe, R., & Manuelli, M. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic as risk factors for excessive weight gain in pediatrics: The role of changes in nutrition behavior. A narrative review. Nutrients, 13(12), Article 4255. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13124255
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). CDC extended BMI-for-age growth charts for children and adolescents with severe obesity. CDC.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). Defining childhood weight status. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/defining.html
de Onis, M., & Branca, F. (2016). Childhood stunting: A global perspective. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 12(Suppl. 1), 12-26.
Freedman, D. S., Khan, L. K., Serdula, M. K., & et al. (2005). The relation of childhood BMI to adult adiposity: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics, 115(1), 22-27.
GBD 2021 Adolescent and Adult BMI Collaborators. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children, adolescents, and adults, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050. The Lancet.
GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators. (2025). Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: A forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 405(10481), 785-812. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00397-6
Godfrey, K. M., Reynolds, R. M., Prescott, S. L., Nyirenda, M., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Eriksson, J. G., & et al. (2017). Influence of maternal obesity on the long-term health of offspring. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 5(1), 53-64.
Hampl, S. E., Hassink, S. G., Skinner, A. C., Armstrong, S. C., Barlow, S. E., Bolling, C. F., & et al. (2023). Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. Pediatrics, 151(2), Article e2022060640. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060640
Indian Academy of Pediatrics. (2023). Clinical practice guidelines for childhood obesity: Evaluation and management. Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
Jebeile, H., Kelly, A. S., O'Malley, G., & Baur, L. A. (2022). Obesity in children and adolescents: Epidemiology, causes, assessment, and management. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 10(5), 351-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00047-X
Juonala, M., Magnussen, C. G., Berenson, G. S., & et al. (2011). Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors. New England Journal of Medicine, 365, 1876-1885.
Kliegman, R. M., St Geme, J. W., Blum, N. J., Shah, S. S., Tasker, R. C., & Wilson, K. M. (2024). Nelson textbook of pediatrics (22nd ed.). Elsevier.
Kühnen, P. (2015). Genetic obesity: A rare cause of severe childhood obesity. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 112(34-35), 564-574.
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