"A society should be judged by how it treats their children. A country that fails to invest in its children is imperiling its future." January 9, 2023-I believe it was. The updated obesity guidelines for pediatrics was released (3 months prior they increased pediatric BMI from 30s to 60 as most kids weren't fitting on growth chart). Obese kids under 12 receive GLP-1. Obese kids over 13 consider bariatric surgery. This was based upon data stating bariatric surgery for 16-19 yo was just as safe for 13-15 yo (it was out of Colorado). Kids menu: hamburger, hot dog, mac n cheese, french fries-we treat our children like trash. It has been normalized. Man has performed too many evils in this world-slavery, holocaust. Now, we have created a food system that if one partakes then an early death is a guarantee. And for what? A false profit. The food system in this country is creating disease at a rate of health care spending we will never recover. Congress won't pass bills for foreign aid yet we spent an estimated $400 billion alone on diabetes last year-and congress chastises social media for killing kids. Please have the b*lls to take to it to the fast/processed food companies. It is going to take nothing less than a Boston Tea Party effort whereupon the country states we're sick of being sick. Folks have to imagine a world of health not illness. I have the lecture cued up for the morning run. Look forward to a Lifestyle Medicine lecture. Saw a 15 yo last week with knee pain. Short stature, grossly obese (as was parental figure)-xrays with almost complete loss of the medial compartment complemented with marginal osteophytes. Joint replacement in the 20's could be a reality. But its genetics...be well y'all.