The Obesity Crisis–It’s a Killer Epidemic
April 2nd, 2009By Dr. Walt Larimore
www.AllProDad.com
Dr. Walt Larimore discusses the crisis that overweight children face–that overweight children are far more likely to become overweight or obese adults. Larimore explains that in order to keep Generation Y away from becoming “Generation XL,” we as parents need to lead by example.
“Recent research suggests that obese teenagers have a dramatically increased risk of dying by the time they reach middle age. One study found that overweight teenagers had a mortality rate thirty to forty times higher than teens of normal weight. And can you guess the average age of death for adults who were obese as adolescents? Not sixty. Not fifty-five. Not even fifty. Children in the study who were obese as teens died as adults at the average age of forty-six.”
So put down the remote and potato chips and get out with your child!
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