The Huffington Post – Lance Henderson
“For the past decade, a metaphorical fire has raged out of control, a conflagration of dire statistics on childhood obesity and the health and financial costs they portend. Here’s a sampling: the tripling of obesity rates in kids over the past 30 years, $147 billion in annual health care costs related to obesity, and a projection that 40 percent of U.S. children born today will develop Type 2 diabetes in their lifetime.” (more)