Fighting Childhood Obesity In IndianaChildren's Health and Fitness ...

From The Post Tribune?..

Experts fear that this generation of children might be the first to have shorter life expectancies than their parents, due in large part to the childhood obesity epidemic.

More than 23 million American children and teenagers are considered overweight or obese. It?s an epidemic that continues to plague this country.

It is debilitating physically, but also significantly affects our already-fragile health care system. Simply put, we can?t afford to let this epidemic grow.

Those affected by childhood obesity are at serious risk for developing health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer and other problems that normally affect adults. Each year, childhood obesity costs $14 billion in direct health costs. In Indiana alone, this disease affects 14.6 percent of your children.

Over the years, I?ve dedicated my efforts to raising awareness about childhood obesity and have made progress on this front. However, we have a long way to go.

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, which gives us a great chance to openly discuss this disease and share insights into what?s being done ? and what can be done ? to combat it.

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Source: http://www.lensaunders.com/wp/?p=3652

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