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> E.g. adolescents can eat all kinds of bad food. It will have little real impact until roughly late 30s. 20% of teens in America are obese. I think you undere
by Zababa 5y ago
> E.g. adolescents can eat all kinds of bad food. It will have little real impact until roughly late 30s.
20% of teens in America are obese. I think you underestimate how much of a problem it is. Here's a source https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/childhood.html
- diydsp 5y agoYeah im well aware of that. But teenage obesity is not nearly as much of a problem as e.g. adult diabetes (~33%), breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Teens don't watch their peers struggle in and out of the car in the hospital parking lot for surgery. We need followups to adolescent health education in adulthood.
- Zababa 5y agoAdult diabetes is mostly a follow up to teenage obesity though. Being obese is not fun, even if you're just a teen. > We need followups to adolescent health education in adulthood. Sure, but having a basis in high school wouldn't hurt.