**Acknowledgements**

We thank The Obesity Society and its Pediatrics Obesity and Diversity Sections for strong and consistent work to support research and intervention in pediatric obesity and health disparities and to raise international awareness of the multifactorial nature of these problems. Preliminary insights reported in this chapter were initially presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society in San Antonio, TX (September 2012). This work was partly supported by a grant from the US National Institutes of Health (U01 CA182898, GVD). The funders played no role in the composition of the content. The authors are solely responsible for all content and report no conflicts of interest.
