The Obesity of America’s Young Males Skyrockets 67%

Obesity has reached staggering proportions in America, home to the most obese people on earth.

One statistic that sticks out is that of extremely obese males aged 6 to 19. For this group, obesity has increased from 9% in 1999-2000 to 15% in 2009-2010 – a shocking increase of 67% in just ten short years!

Bad parental lifestyle choices condemn our nation's
children to a life of disease and misery

According to the (Center for Disease Control and Prevention:

• Obesity in adults has increased by 60% within the past twenty years

• Obesity in children has tripled in the past thirty years

• More than two-thirds (68%) of adults are overweight

• A staggering 34% of American adults are obese

• 17% of children are obese

• Obesity-related deaths have climbed to more than 300,000 a year, second only to tobacco-related deaths

Sadly, there is no mystery behind this epidemic. It is directly attributable to the standard American diet (I call it the SAD diet): fast-food, sodas, canned goods, microwave dinners – most of which are chemically altered – combined with the lack of exercise is a recipe (no pun intended) for disaster. Through bad lifestyle choices, Americans have chosen to literally eat themselves to death.

The solution to this obesity epidemic is no mystery either: fresh, wholesome fruits and vegetables, lots of clean water, regular exercise and sunshine – and suddenly the world starts looking brighter!