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In an AMA educational forum on adolescent health, the following statistics were presented regarding adolescent obesity in America.
In 12 years there has been a 10 fold increase in the number of cases of Adolescent Type 2 Diabetes.
Foods offered in school cafeterias are not required to meet any particular nutritional standard unless they are reimbursable by the USDA.
On a national average 40% of adolescent caloric intake is from added fats and sugars.
Adolescents who drink 2 sugar sweetened soft drinks per day triple their risk for developing obesity. Those consuming 3 per day, increase their risk of developing obesity by 5 times. On a national average, over 55% of schools have contracted with a soft drink company. Over 80% of these schools received a profit from the sales.
Adolescents spend 13 billion dollars per year on fast food. On the average, a teenager visits a fast food establishment twice per week.
In 1964, a 24 ounce bottle of soda was considered “family sized” and meant to serve 4 people. Now, a 20 ounce bottle of soda is consider a “small sized” portion by the average adolescent convenient store customer.
More than 25% in elementary schools, more than 70% in middle schools and almost all high schools give students access to vending machines filled with snack foods that are not regulated according to nutritional value.
Less than 50% of adolescents participate in a physical education class or program. The number of schools requiring physical education participation falls from about 50% to 5% by the 12th grade.
The average teenager spends 7 hours per day watching television or playing video/computer games.
According to an article on November 4, 2009 by Andrea Stone in the Sphere e-zine, one of the reasons that 75% of the young Americans between the recruiting ages of 17-24 are ineligible for service is because they are morbidly obese.
Stone quotes General John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "We've never had this problem of young people being obese like we have today. We should be concerned about how this will impact this overstretched Army and its ability to recruit."
Mick, the old celery stalk, doesn’t have much to say about this. He is too mortified by the thought that America, once the greatest and healthiest nation in the world has let herself go to pot. He’s up to something though folks, so be warned. He won’t take this lying down. He’s about to open up a can of “whoop-ass” on our soft and pudgy ones, so you might want to prepare yourselves!
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