| The Biggest Generation |
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Childhood Obesity |
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Childhood obesity facts don’t lie. Among children, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and risk for heart attacks and strokes at unprecedented levels. Seventy-five percent don’t get enough exercise; 80 percent don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. And most shocking of all childhood obesity facts: for the first time in American history, scientists predict that children today will have shorter lifespan than their parents!
What can you do to stop the epidemic of children and obesity? Watch The Biggest Generation and learn how parents are getting kids excited about family exercise time. See how schools are making a difference with healthy snack choices, fun physical activities and be inspired by kids taking charge of their own health by taking on school lunches and vending machines. It’s never too early - or too late - to start.
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If you were to see the types of amazingly excellent, exciting, physical education programs, school meal programs, health education programs, after school programs that I see and you think your child is not getting it at your school you need to become the squeaky wheel, because it can be done at your school. |
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Howell Wechsler, Ph.D., MPH, Centers for Disease Control |
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