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Nearly everybody wants to live longer, and more and more people now begin to understand the benefits of healthy eating and the role a healthy diet plays in living a longer healthier life. Eating a healthy diet is the foundation of good health, and coupled with exercise plays a major role in living longer and reducing your susceptibility to disease.

Eating a balanced diet is important for maintaining a healthy body weight while at the same time helping to reduce your risk of suffering from diseases like heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis, especially if you are genetically predisposed to these diseases. Your chances of suffering heart disease in particular are considerably reduced if your diet helps reduce the amount of LDL cholesterol while maintaining adequate levels of HDL cholesterol.

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“In just two decades, the prevalence of overweight doubled for U.S. children ages 6 to 11 — and tripled for American teenagers. The annual National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about one-third of U.S. children are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. In total, about 25 million U.S. children and adolescents are overweight or nearly overweight.”—Mayo Clinic June 4, 2007
“Childhood obesity is particularly troubling because the extra pounds often start kids on the path to health problems that were once confined to adults, such as…” —Mayo Clinic June 4, 2007
Diabetes – Type 2
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Cancer!
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Parents, you truly are the key component to controlling your child’s obesity.
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Give your child a great example.
Children automatically have a fine tuned hypocrite meter, so if you are not doing as you say, they won’t do as you say.

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