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Most of the news coming out on children’s health is not that encouraging. Statistics like childhood obesity has tripled since 1980, 18 percent of adolescents are overweight and over 10 percent of younger preschool children between ages 2 and 5 are overweight. Add to this that more than 8 million American children in grades 4  to 12 struggle to read, write and comprehend adequately.

These are not good-looking numbers for our younger generation.

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