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In reply to the discussion: The long, LONG, LONGER list of VEGAN-CAUSED health ailments, diseases, and deaths.. [View all]napi21
(45,806 posts)to find 1000 families with kids who don't spend hours and hours on their computer, Gameboy, etc. to ever do a test like that.
My grandson is a star hockey player in his HS. He's played hockey for quite a few years. Last year he was on 3 different reams, this year only two, but hockey doesn't take up much of your time except for weekends. The rest of the time you won't find him without his cell phone (usually playing a game) or his tablet, or computer. he's fit and not fat at all. His sister is a vegetarian, and has been for the last four years. She fights getting fat all the time! It's heredity folks. Same as length of life and most inherited disseases like diabetes, anemia, high blood pressure, heart problems, and on and on. The Grandson is just like his father...at 44 he's still quite fit and not overweight. The granddaughter is just like her mother who has been on a diet since she was 14!
Other than the heredity factor, I agree with all the other posters who blame obesity and many of the health problems on the youth on lifestyle.