Obesity in children has tripled in the past 20 years.
Obesity in children has tripled in the past 20 years. A staggering 50 percent of adolescents in some minority populations are overweight. There is an epidemic of type 2 (formerly "adult onset") diabetes.
Source: Kelly D. Brownell and David S. Ludwig, The Washington Post, Sunday, June 9, 2002, B07