Chronic Health Conditions Increase in Children

From an article published in the L.A. Times today,it appears that children today are more likely to suffer from chronic illneses than our ancestors.

The three main conditions noted in the article were childhood obesity, asthma and attention deficit disorder type of conditions (ADD).

Notably childhood obesity is a lifestyle disease which one can easily mangage by addressing the child's diet. A close friend of mine is an othopedic surgeon and she has told me horrible stories of children who need a double knee replacment because they are so fat that their skeleton can't support their body weight. She told me that post surgery, one of the mom's brought the child a huge fast food burrito! In her words, she called this child abuse.

We can do better to our children by feeding them naturally occuring foods like foods and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and non-process proteins like fish, chicken and beef.

Obesity leads to several disorders including diabetes, back pain, knee pain, and depression amongst other things.

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From your Santa Monica Chiropractor,

Dr. Eric