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The story making the headline news is that the average adult today older plumpers is 25 pounds heavier than adults were in 1960 while only a bit taller. It's an important story. But the children's numbers are even more chilling. That 25-pound adult increase occurred to a generation older plumpers that was slim on average when they were kids and teens. But obesity can build like compound interest. The girth (and the diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, arthritis, etc.) awaiting this generation of overweight children when they grow up is frightening - unless we take action now. older plumpers Today about 31 percent of American kids are at weights that put them at health risk. This isn't an individual problem; it's a cultural problem. Today's sedentary kids are bombarded with enticing messages to eat super-sizes of artificial, high-sugar, high fat, highly processed nutritional trash. We need to create a culture organized around healthy, fun physical activity and around healthy amounts of healthy, delicious natural foods.
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