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In Colorado, one of the leanest states in the nation, obesity is associated with more than 1/3 of premature deaths.
-Colorado Children’s Campaign, 2007
Obesity will soon become the leading cause of preventable deaths, killing more people than smoking.
-Journal of the American Medical Association, 2000
Overweight children are more likely to have behavioral problems, to be placed in special education or remedial classes, and to score lower in math and reading tests.
-National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, 2004
One in three U.S. children born in the year 2000 could develop Type 2 Diabetes during their lifetime.
-American Diabetes Association, 2006
The generation of Americans born in the year 2000 are the first in history to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
-Centers for Disease Control
The rate of obesity among children today is twice as high as in the late 1970s.
-Schlosser, Eric. “Fast Food Nation: The dark side of the all-American meal.” Harper Collins, 2002
In 2000 the economic cost of obesity in the United States was approximately $117 billion. It is even more today.
-Office of the Surgeon General
Blood pressure has increased over the past decade among children and adolescents, in part because of increasing rates of overweight.
-American Medical Association
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