The Santa Fe New Mexican – Deborah Busemeyer
“Obesity has become epidemic in the state and the nation for both adults and children. Newspaper and magazine stories and radio and TV reports repeatedly remind us that one-third of Americans are obese — more than 20 percent over their ideal weight — and another third are overweight. Some 26 million people have Type 2 diabetes, and another 79 million are pre-diabetic. According to a four-part series that aired on National Public Radio earlier this year, today’s children might become the first generation of Americans to live shorter lives than their parents, due to poor health.” (more)