If we do not reverse the obesity epidemic, our children are in danger of becoming the first generation of Americans living sicker and dying younger than their parents’ generation.1
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References
1 Olshansky, SJ, Passaro, RC, Hershow, J. Layden, B. A. Carnes, J. Brody, L. Hayflick, R. N. Butler, D. B. Allison, and D. S. Ludwig. 2005. A potential decline in life expectancy in the United States in the 21st century. New England Journal of Medicine 352(11):1138-1145.
2 Narayan KMV, Boyle JP, Thompson TJ, et al. "Lifetime Risk for Diabetes Mellitus in the United States." Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(14): 1884–1890, 2003.
3 The Cost of Obesity to US Cities, Gallup Business Journal, Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Accessed June 1, 2012. Available at http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/145778/cost-obesity-cities.aspx#1
4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.