Why do we do it?

• What was once called “adult-onset diabetes” is now known as Type 2 diabetes because children as young as 8 are developing the disease.
• Developing diabetes in childhood years appears to cut life expectancy by about 20 years.
• Over the past 30 years, childhood obesity has tripled, and most overweight kids will continue to be overweight in adulthood.
• We may be in the process of raising the first generation of children in America with a shorter predicted life span than their parents.
• Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are related to what they eat.