This Personal Pandemic Requires Collective Resolve

The COVID-19 virus sparked an acute health crisis, with near miracle accomplishments to develop vaccines in a year's time, and national resolve to stem its devastation. But America's existing obesity epidemic-pandemic (0 E-P) is an enduring, chronic health crisis. When placed in perspective as to its effects on overall and long-term health and wellness, it is just as devastating as COVID. There is no vaccine. The average American life expectancy is 79 years, large gap between a healthy life age and one's life negative health factors. NHANES data from 2013-Additionally, 35% and 40.4% of men and women,but the average health span is just 63 years. There are many reasons to explain the span. However, lack of weight management, and a state of being obese, are important 2014 indicate 73.7% and 66.9% of all males and females, respectively, were overweight, respectively, were obese. The data for children are equally alarming. For children ages two to 19,17,2% are obese, and 6.0% have extreme obesity. This should be considered a national tragedy and disgrace.