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U.S. children aged 2-9 years are now overweight or obese, and childhood diabetes has increased 10-fold in the last 20 years. If this epidemic is not reversed we will, for the first time in history, see children living shorter lives than their parents. The risks of obesity for children are really that steep. For instance: • Children who are obese are more than twice as likely to die before the age of 55 than those of a healthy weight. • Obese teenage women are more likely to die between ages 36-56 than their normal weight peers. • Women in moderately obese category as teens elevate their risk of death in adulthood by 50 percent. • Obese teens more than double their mortality risks compared to their slimmest peers. Research calculations indicate that by mid-century the growing risk of serious obesity-related illnesses like diabetes, heart disease and cancer could lower the current average life expectancy by as much as five years. Page 20 | Abby's Magazine - www.AbbysHealthAndNutrition.com