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To: Road Walker who wrote (341410)	6/26/2007 7:37:32 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574002

Obesity has next to nothing to do with the health care system. Reported rates of asthma and other chronic conditions climb in part because more resources go in to identifying the problem (I'm not claiming that's the only reason but "worse medical care" is not one.) In any case taking this data and spinning it to "Children are sicker Now than in the Past", is a major distortion. Children in the past had far more acute diseases, and where more likely to have long term injuries that where not, or could not be treated. They where more likely to die as children, and then their average post-childhood life expectancy was also lower. They may be more likely to be overweight, but they don't face nearly the risk of chronic malnutrition, that they faced in the past. Birth weights are higher. Infant mortality lower. Many dangerous diseases that struck children have been eradicated or contained. And not all of the higher rates for the conditions mentioned is because of more people being sick, since we detect these problems more often now, having more ability, and in many cases more incentive to do so. That's probably particularly true of ADHD and other mental or emotional conditions.