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Take Charge of Your Child's Health!



  • Congratulations for Taking Charge of Your Children’s Health……
    Did you know:
    *Cancer kills more children than any other disease
    *By age 3 children have fatty deposits in their arteries
    *By age 12, 70% have developed beginning stages of hardening of the arteries
    *1 in 4 children is obese
    *Obesity has doubled in the last 20 years
    *Nearly 50% of obese adolescents remain obese as adults
    *In the last 20 years, Type 2 diabetes has increased 10-fold
    *Over 8 million children have asthma, up 232% in the last 40 years
    *7% of school aged children are diagnosed with ADHD
    *Less than 7% of children and adolescents consume the recommended 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables per day.
    DO NOT underestimate the need for changes to be made in your children's diets in order to prevent short and longterm illness!! What you do for them today, will affect them for the rest of their lives!!

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