2. One fourth of all vegetables eaten in the USA are French Fries.
3. US spending on fast food has increase 18 fold since 1970.
4. McDonald's has 30,000 restaurants in 118 countries serving 46 million people each day! In 1996 a new McDonald's opened every 3 hours.
5. 10-15% of calories consumed from US teenage girls are from soft drinks.
6. Ronald McDonald is the second most recognized figure in the world, topped by Santa.
7. Almost 2/3 (64.5%) of Americans are overweight or obese.
8. 7-10% of health care expenditures can be attributed to obesity.
I am with you totally on this! Hopefully this will be one aspect that is addressed as part of health care reform. We MUST also bring intense Physical activity back into the schools! I remember in Elementary school, we had two recess periods (football, playing tag/chase ect..) as well as PE several times per week. Now, with all of the "No child Left Behind" and end of year testing, this has all fallen by the wayside.
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