Weight statistics provided by American Heart Association

                  Latest Obesity Statistics- USA

          Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions:

    * 58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese
    *  8 out of 10  people over 25's are Overweight
    * 78% of American's not meeting basic activity level recommended  
    * 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990

                        Obesity Related Diseases
    * 80% of type II diabetes related to obesity
    * 70% of Cardiovascular disease related to obesity
    * 26% of obese people have high blood pressure
    * 42% breast and colon cancer diagnosed among obese individuals

             Childhood Obesity Running Out of Control
    * 4% overweight 1982 compared to  16% overweight 1994
    * 30 % all children were found to be overweight 2001
    * Hospital costs associated with childhood obesity rising from $35 Million (1979) to $127 Million (1999)

                Childhood Metabolic and Heart Risks
    * 1 in 4 overweight children showing early signs of type II diabetes
    * 60% already have one risk factor for heart disease

                     Surge in Childhood Diabetes
    *  85% Of Children diagnosed with Type II diabetes are obese
    *  4% of Childhood diabetes in 1990 now risen to approximately 20%
   
 As we know, being overweight contributes to many additional physical health problems and can have many negative psychological effects as well.  We all need to understand the chemical consequences that can be involved in this.  Once a bodies system becomes imbalanced that in itself will contribute to more weight gain, the more weight gain the more chemical fat storage.

It is a vicious cycle to be in and made even worse by a food industry allowed to profit by their unfair promotion of diets with unhealthy amounts of fats,  preservatives, refined sugars and dyes to the public using deceptive manipulative marketing tactics.

Children are at greatest risk from unnatural exposures because they affect the development of the body's vital organs and hormonal systems as they are growing. Developing fetuses, infants and children are more vulnerable to exposure and it can show learning disabilities, weight gain,  and mental disorders early and later in life.

Children are also more sensitive to how others look and judge them as they are struggling to understand their problems themselves, this only adds to an emotional imbalance that will contribute to more poor dietary choices.