Childhood Obesity--The Washington Post's Five Part Series on an Important Issue

Thursday, May 29, 2008
Last week, the Washington Post gave us a five part series on childhood obesity.It made the point, which has been made here a number of times, that for the first time in our history American children are on their way to a shorter life span than their parents.This comes on the heels of a report last month that 20% of American women have already seen a decline in their life expectancy largely