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One of the most disturbing
things to me
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is that in the last
20 to 25 years,
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we've actually seen a doubling
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of overweight and obese
children and adolescents.
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And this weight gain
has been linked
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to countless health problems
later in life, such as...
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In fact,
if current trends continue
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one out of every three children
born in the year 2000
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will develop diabetes
in their lifetime.
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At least 17 million Americans
now have type 2 diabetes,
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about one
out of every 20 people.
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If the diabetes starts
before the age of 15,
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you lose somewhere between
17 and 27 years of life-span.
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according to the new research,
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the direct medical costs
associated with diabetes
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have doubled.
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The direct medical costs have
doubled in the past five years,
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from $44 billion in 1997
to $92 billion in 2002.
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Somewhere in the neighborhood of
about 20% of the obese children
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have elevated abnormal
liver function tests,
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and we have now started a study
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where we're
biopsying these children
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to see what their livers
actually look like
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under the microscope,
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and half of them have evidence
of scarring of the liver,
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fibrosis of the liver,
the early stages of cirrhosis.
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So, when these children
end up being adults,
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they're going to end up --
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if they don't change their
eating and exercise habits,