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Fitness
Facts
*Four
million children have above-normal blood pressure.
*Up to 1/3 of America's
children are obese.
*27 million children have
high cholesterol.
*Only 36% of elementary
and secondary schools offer daily physical education classes.
*Nine million children
live with at least one smoker and are exposed to secondhand smoke.
*Every day, 3,000 young
people become smokers, 1,000 of which will eventually die of
smoking-related diseases.
*If all health trends
remain constant, 35 million of today's 83 million children will eventually
die from heart and blood vessel diseases.
Facts From The
American Heart
Association
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