In 2030, 42 percent of American adults will be obese, and about one-quarter of that group will be severely obese, a condition that shortens life and incurs large medical expenses, a study predicts.
On Parenting | Marlene Schwartz, a contributor to the film "The Weight of the Nation," discusses which family choices can combat big forces at play in the obesity epidemic and our children's less-than-healthy instincts.