What Mexico Can Teach Its Northern Neighbour About Combatting Child Obesity, Diabetes and Other Chronic Health Conditions

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  • The Trump Administration has produced a wide-ranging report on what it sees as the main drivers of disease in American children
  • Those drivers include addiction to smart phones, tablets and lack of exercise
  • Over-dependence on ultra-processed foods, which now account for almost 70% of the calories consumed by children and adolescents in the US
The economic burden of not intervening in the prevention and reduction of childhood overweight and obesity is up to $1.8 trillion in the case of Mexico.The Trump Administration, to its credit, [+18101 chars]

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