We call for schools in the United States of America to teach about fitness and nutrition in schools, beginning at elementary school. The benefits of this are twofold. Americans will be healthier and health care costs will plummet. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, "like tobacco, obesity causes or is closely linked with a large number of health conditions, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, unhealthy cholesterol, asthma, sleep apnea, gallstones, kidney stones, infertility, and as many as 11 types of cancers, including leukemia, breast, and colon cancer." Reducing obesity levels will cause the occurrence of the aforementioned diseases to plummet, and health care costs will likewise take a nosedive.
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