Addressing Structural Racism Is Critical for Ameliorating the Childhood Obesity Epidemic in Black Youth.

Address: Children's National Hospital, Center for Translational Research, Washington, DC, USA.; The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.; Children's Foundation Research Institute, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.; Department of Behavioral Health, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.; Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University, Lansing MI, USA.; Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Division of Pediatric Psychology, Connecticut Children's, Hartford, CT, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, AR, USA.; Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition and Division of Developmental and Behavioral Health, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, USA.