Sad speculation....
A little dated: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/17/health/17obese.html?_r=0
More recent: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-137523/Parents-soon-outlive-obese-children.html
"Obesity is such that this generation of children could be the first
basically in the history of the United States to live less healthful and
shorter lives than their parents," said Dr. David S. Ludwig, director
of the obesity program at Children's Hospital Boston, and one of the
authors of the report.
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These articles sadden me because I realize that this is definitely true in children today. I have noticed an increase in technology use in all generations around the world and am especially beginning to see the negative effects of this increase in young children today. I had no idea that it was as serious as an increase in Type 2 diabetes and a decrease in the chances of the new generations outliving their parents. This appalled me because I always assumed that technology and increased research would help populations live longer and longer each decade. It is discouraging that technology innovations are actually hurting our populations life expectancy. We need to begin taking major strides to get children outdoors exercising, instead of indoors watching TV. In order to do this schools are going to have to stress exercise and healthy eating much more than they are today. Parents will need to encourage kids to play outside and limit the amount of hours they're inside for a change in childhood obesity to take place.
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