A Healthy Choice.  House of Jimmu is actively campaigning restaurants, schools and cultural institutions, to make their kids menu healthier, and promote good nutrition.
 
Malnutrition has become such a threat to our children that for the first time in history, the new generations have a shorter life span than their parents. The statistics and visible signs are extremely alarming*:
 
  1. •Percentage of obesity in children increased 300% in the last 25 years
  2. •10% of the children are overweight
  3. •Abnormal High Cholesterol levels found in children
  4. •Abnormal High Blood Pressure found in children
  5. •Abnormal Glucose Tolerance
  6. •Decrease in Immune System
  7. •Increase of Asthma
  8. •Increase of Hepatic Steatosis
  9. •Increase of Sleep Apnea
  10. •Increase in Type 2 Diabetes
  11. •Problems usually found in adults now found in children
  12. •Premature hormonal development
  13. •Lost of productivity
  14. •Increase in Depression
  15. •Decrease of life expectancy predicted
  16. •Increase of Bones Malformation
  17. •Increase of Social Handicap
  18. •Increase of early stage chronic diseases - heart problems, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis
  19. •1/10 of medical expenses spent on weight related problems
  20. •Indirect problems - increase in fuel consumption, increase in insurance
 
* see Department of Health and Human Services and International Association for the Study of Obesity
 
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