Is your Middle Schoolers Health in a Mid-Life Crisis?

I need to make something clear. I love kids. Telling them they are fat is not way to get them healthy and leaner. I show this picture from the NY Times to get your attention and substantiate a very scary point about the health of our children.

A new study has come out showing that obese 13 year olds have the arteries of a 45 year old leading to a much great risk of heart disease, the number one killer in this country.

Let's just get this silly arguement out of the way. This is not genetic. No kid genetically eats junk on a consistent basis. This is all because of the diet we feed our children.

To be brutally honest, we are doing this to our children.

Right now over a quarter of all children under 18 in this country are considered obese... and the number keeps growing.

One of the author's of the study, Dr. Carl Lavie a leading heart surgeon, said this:

"There is concern that if the current obesity epidemic continues [and it actually seems to be worsening], we will soon see an abrupt end to the steady improvement in life expectancy in the U.S."

Let that sink in for a moment. The country with the greatest health care system in the world. The country that spends more on health care than any other two countries combined is actually decreasing in life expectancy because we are eating ourselves to death.

Does that make sense?

Here's the thing. The solution is easy. Adopt healthier habits and TEACH THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN.