NBC News – Maggie Fox
“American kids eat too much sugar and salt, they don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables, and far too many are overweight, a new study shows. The findings may not surprise parents, but they are disturbing to the researchers, who say these children are being set up for early heart disease. None of the 8,900 children aged 2 to 11 who were surveyed were doing everything right. But even more striking: Most were missing the goal on three out of four measures of healthy living. “Our findings indicate that, in general, children start with pretty good blood pressure,” said Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, who oversaw the study.”(more)