Food Facts
- Portion sizes have doubled in the last 20 years leading to portion distortion.
- A cheeseburger 20 years ago had 333 calories. A regular cheese burger now: 590 calories
- French Fries: 610 Calories
- Spaghetti and Meatballs: 1025 calories
Health Facts
- Nearly 1 out of 3 children, ages 6-19, are overweight, 17.4 million!
- For the 1st time the next generation will live shorter and have more disease that the current generation
- Overweight related medical expenses cost Americans $147 billion in 2008
- Obesity among children has tripled in the last 25 years
- More than half the children who are overweight are obese or dangerously overweight
- 65% of children who are currently overweight will remain so into adulthood.
- Obese children are at dangerous risk of: High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Asthma, Sleep Apnea, Liver Disease, and Type 2 Diabetes.
Ethnic Facts
- According to the Institute of Medicine, Hispanic boys and African American girls are at higher risk of being obese than other minorities.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that Hispanic children, between the ages of six and eleven, have a greater chance of being overweight than, both, non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white children in the same age group.
Other Facts
- A more recent study from England of children with attention deficit disorder demonstrated the salutary effects of imposing a regular, nutritious diet. For a period of three to four weeks, the children were on a very restricted diet, generally consisting of: turkey, lamb, rice, potato, banana, pear, various vegetables, bottled water, sunflower oil and milk-free margarine.
- The results were fairly astonishing that 76% of parents reported a worthwhile improvement in behavior. The rest reported no change. Equally interesting, for the children who improved, the subsequent introduction of food additives into the diet resulted in a deterioration in behavior for 70% of the participants.
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