Scary and amportant information, an educational tool for teens.

1. W ILL Y OU L IVE A S
L ONG A S Y OUR
P ARENTS?
Let’s Find Out

2. I’ LL ANSWER THIS
QUESTION AND MORE
BUT
Before we start, let me be very
clear.
I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE
OK?
This is NOT about cosmetics, truly
if that’s ALL we had to worry
about I wouldn’t even be here.

3. N O MIRROR HERE OK ?
I am here because it’s VITALLY
important that you get the same
information we are hearing
EVERYDAY on the news that you
may not have seen.
Period.
I am here because you all deserve
to live LONG healthy lives.

4. I S OBESITY AN EPIDEMIC ?
Or maybe even a pandemic?
Let’s look at the definition of both
these words.
An epidemic is when the number of
people who become effected by a
disease rises well beyond what is
expected within a country or a part of
a country. When the disease takes
place in several countries at the same
time it then starts turning into a
pandemic.

5. S O , WHICH ONE IS IT ?
Well….because obesity is now
the number one health
concern in countries around
the world, unfortunately
we’re at pandemic
proportions.

6. A ND , TO ANSWER THE QUESTION
ASKED AT THE BEGINNING …
The New England Journal of
Medicine says,
(one of the most respected medical publications)
“the prevalence and severity of obesity is so great,
especially in children, that the associated diseases
and complications - Type 2 diabetes, heart disease,
kidney failure, cancer - are likely to strike people at
younger and younger ages.”
AND
“Obesity is such that this generation of children
could be the first basically in the history of the
United States to live less healthful and shorter lives
than their parents"

7. O H N O , S AY I T I SN ’ T S O !
OK, I Won’t.
It Doesn’t Have To Be That
Way!
And you have the power to
change these ugly predictions
and start a revolution!
An LHT Revolution!!!

8. O BESITY VS . O VERWEIGHT
They’re both just words first of
all, but let’s look at some official
definitions.
 Overweight and obesity are both labels for ranges
of weight that are greater than what is generally
considered healthy for a given height. The terms
also identify ranges of weight that have been
shown to increase the likelihood of certain
diseases and other health problems.

9. T HE W AY W E D ETERMINE T HE
D IFFERENCE

10. B UT 1 ST THINGS 1 ST ,
W HY I S T HIS H APPENING ?
There are several factors that play a role, but some of
the most common are;
 Environment
 Genetics
 Physical Activity
 Behavior
 Culture

11. LET’S D IG A L ITTLE
D EEPER …. SHALL WE ?
 Not enough Physical Activity
 Too much time on computer and TV
 Horrible (Fast Food) Choices
 Emotional Eating
 Poor Economics
 The food industry pushing junk both
at home and at school

12. G IVE M E S OME F EEDBACK –
P LEASE !
With all of the reasons just listed
why we’re at crisis point for
overweight teens, which ones do
you think are the most likely
culprits?

13. I’ LL T ELL Y OU T HIS ….
Although genetics and some of the other
reasons listed do play a role in being
overweight, for the percentage that obesity
has increased there is no way most of the
factors previously listed could cause such a
sharp and scary rise.
The 3 things that have changed
the most are:
 the kind of food we’re eating
the amount of food we’re eating
the amount of physical activity
we engage in

14. F AST P ROCESSED F OOD FOR
C HEAP ??
What’s The Real
Cost?

15. W ELL IT ’ S PRETTY
FREAKIN ’ EXPENSIVE
 The US has the highest rate of
overweight people in the world!
 If the overweight trend continues to
rise at the present rate, in less than
ten years, 65% of Americans will be
obese.
 Overweight people suffer from
poorer health during their life and
are likely to die ten years younger
than a healthy-weight person.

16. A ND WE ’ RE PAYING UP !
 80% of type 2 diabetes is
related to being overweight.

17. T HE COST IS JUST TOO
HIGH ….

18. I THINK THIS SAYS IT
ALL ….
1 in 3 Children Born
in the year 2000 will have
some form of Diabetes in
their Lifetime!

19. A ND IT GOES ON …
 Highblood pressure and high
cholesterol, which are risk
factors for cardiovascular
disease (CVD). In one
study, 70% of obese children
had at least one CVD risk
factor, and 39% had two or
more.

20. ……..A ND ON

21. A ND ON ………
 Breathing problems, such as sleep
apnea, and asthma.
 Joint problems and
musculoskeletal discomfort.
 Fatty liver
disease, gallstones, and gastro-
esophageal reflux
 If children are
overweight, obesity in adulthood
is likely to be more severe

22. IS THE US DOOMED ?

23. …I S IT ?....
 Nearly one in three (23 million)
American children are overweight.
 Most overweight children (over 80%)
will also be overweight as adults.

24. O H NO WE ’ RE NOT !!!
Sorry guys, if the story I’ve told
seems a little depressing
here’s the GOOD NEWS!
It’s NOT hard to make a few
simple changes that make a
BIG difference!

25. R EADY F OR A R EVOLUTION ?!
 Every one that’s here today
can participate in making your
life LHT, that’s Leaner
Healthier Teens – even if your
not concerned about the teen
overweight crisis, I bet there
are a few things you learned
today that may make you want
to make a change?!?

26. G OOD L ET ’ S S TART O NE !
I’d like to ask each and every person here
to do something very important, to
help your friends, classmates, school
and community by championing small
positive changes. Do you care about
the people around you NOT getting
type 2 diabetes, CDV or many of the
other diseases associated with being
overweight? Then support each other
with things like choosing a water
instead of soda, maybe eating an apple
instead of a bag of chips – AND for
those making positive changes, support
them because they really are those
brave enough to make the change.

27. W ANT T O L EARN M ORE ?
 If you’d like to learn more
about the things we talked
about today and have a LOT of
fun doing it AND meet new
friends PLEASE visit our
webpage.
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28. O UR S UCCESSFUL
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They’ve kept their weight off!

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31. T HANK Y OU !
Certified LHT Revolution Coach
Questions?
chelsea@lhtrevolution.com