That's probably a great question for your two pediatricians, but my observation would be that a piecemeal approach to addressing children's health and well-being—physical health and mental health—has not served us well to date and, I think, is not what is required to get us...or to measurably improve children's health. We really need to think more systemically.
What we heard through the “Inspiring Healthy Futures” report was that there are five interlinked areas that require simultaneous investment and consideration. That's around children's physical and mental health. It's around the schools and communities in which children live. It's around a robust health research agenda. It's around strong policies to support children's physical and mental health and well-being and social development. It also involves that idea about empowering youth. Looking forward, we have piecemeal investments. Where do we start? We really need to think about this more systemically. This isn't “throw money at one particular problem and we're going to solve children's health.”
As for your point about mental health impacting physical health, I'll defer to the two physicians on the line.