AMERICAN HEALTH IS GETTING DESTROYED

 

• 74% of American adults are dealing with overweight or obesity.

• Close to 40% of children have overweight or obesity.

• 52% of American adults have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.

• 30% of teens have prediabetes (this was 11% in 2002).

• 1 in 36 children are on the autism spectrum (up from 1 in 150 in the year 2000). This number is 1 in 22 in California.

• 34% of young adults have a mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder.

• Incidence of early-onset cancers have increased by 79% in recent years.

• Nearly one in two Americans is predicted to get cancer in their lifetimes (41.6% chance). This is the first year America is estimated to have over 2 million new cases of cancer.

• Autoimmune diseases are rising rapidly, with some studies showing rates rising 3-12% annually.

• 18% of teens have fatty liver disease.

• 20-25% of women are on an anti-depressant medication.

• Early onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have tripled since 2013.

• American girls are starting puberty years earlier than they were in prior centuries, and are starting earlier than any other continent in the world.

• Infertility is rising rapidly and unsustainably, with sperm counts declining 1% per year and infertility rates rising 1% per year.

• The US has the highest infant and maternal mortality rate of all high income countries, despite spending the most.

• Life expectancy is seeing a sustained decline in the United States driven by COVID, chronic liver disease, heart disease, and suicide.

• 77% of young Americans are not able to quality for military service due to health problems or drug use.