The US Surgeon General now ranks being overweight and obesity as the #1 public health concern. The disease consequences of obesity are greater than those of any infectious disease epidemic.

Dr. William Sears: “We are eating factory processed nutrition which is genetically unknown food to our bodies.”

Experts say: Approximately 70% of disease is directly related to what we eat and drink.

Dr. David Katz: “This generation of kids growing up today will be the first generation to have a shorter life span than their parents.”

Dr. Lydia Hazan: “Childhood obesity is already the leading cause of sustained high blood pressure in children.”

1 out of 2 children will develop heart disease.

Cancer kills more children than any other disease. Gale encyclopedia of Children & adolescents, 1998

1 in 3 children born in the year 2000 will develop diabetes

Children at the age of 3 have fatty deposits in their arteries. Bogalusa Heart Study

By age 12, 70% of all American children have developed beginning stages of hardening of the arteries. Bogalusa Heart Study

Less than 7% of children and adolescents consume the recommended 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables per day. Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine 1996.

Dr. David Katz: “Children today will experience more chronic degenerative disease as a result of their poor eating habits than from cigarettes, alcohol and drugs combined.”  

Ode Magazine: “Scientists suspect that many children with ADHD actually are displaying allergic reactions to one of many possible food products or chemicals.”

We can make a difference in our children. Let's give them the promise of health we all deserve.