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January is National Family Fit Lifestyle Month
January has been declared National Family Fit Lifestyle Month. This is a good time to review lifestyle choices that may be increasing health risks and make changes necessary to fend off disease. A fit lifestyle is all-inclusive. It should pervade every aspect of a person’s life.
According to the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition about 33% of adults and 17% of children in the United States are obese. Over the past years it has been drilled into our heads that obesity causes a multitude of health complications from heart problems to diabetes to cancer and can lead to an early grave. The Council has even added a dollar amount to what obesity costs us- almost 42% more for medical care than non-obese people.