Young children, old arteries

I found this article today on MSNBC.com talking about some surprising findings in obese children. To me, reading an article like this further underscores the problems we have concerning obesity in this country, and that parents of obese children need to take more responsibility for the health of their children by getting them into exercise programs. Not only will this get young people in the habit of exercising on a regular basis, but it will also dramatically improve their long-term cardiovascular health. We know that it is easiest to teach people good habits when they are younger, and so I think it is extremely important that children learn healthy habits as young as possible, and that parents take the time to educate themselves about providing proper nutrition and exercise for their kids. If we take this seriously as a nation, we can reverse the disturbing trends toward obesity that we are seeing in this country, and in the process save our health care system billions of dollars by preventing obesity-related health problems.