The War on Fat
Imagine a world where a school aged child can step out of their school and walk into a McDonalds. A world where soda companies make millions of dollars a year by placing soda machines in schools, where 30 percent of adults are considered obese, and where obesity is killing more people than smoking. What if you were told this is not in your imagination but is the world we live in today? Obesity is the second leading cause of death in the United States.
Since the 1960's, obesity in America has more than tripled regardless of sex or race. Today, 69 million American adults are considered obese. In addition, childhood obesity has doubled for children between the ages of 2 and 5 and tripled for 6 to 11 year olds in the past 30 years. Obesity causes over 300,000 deaths a year and costs the country $117 billion dollars, prompting health care providers and the government to label it an epidemic. The healthcare community defines obesity as being 20 percent or more over......
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