How's This For Unhealthy Behavior?

Dr. Stanley Feld M.D.,FACP,MACE over at Repairing The Healthcare System has be posting a multi-part series on the war on obesity. In part 12 of the series he summarizes the keynote speech by Dr. Ken Cooper during World Diabetes Day in Dallas TX.  Here are some astonishing stats presented by Dr. Cooper.

Estimated obesity rates for children 6 to 11 years old have increased from 15.1% in 1999 to 18.8% in 2004. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 20% of children and youth in the U.S. will be obese by 2010.

Washington D.C. was first in the nation with 22.6% of children age 10-17 being obese. 

Texas was sixth with 19.1% of children 10-17. Forty-two percent of fourth graders and 39% of eight graders were obese in 2004. A shocking 70% of these children will become obese adults and one in three will develop diabetes.

In order to save the healthcare system we must have a national WAR ON OBESITY.