Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. teens has diabetes or prediabetes!

This is absolutely insane. In less than a decade the number of U.S. kids ages 12-19 with diabetes or prediabetes has skyrocketed from 9 to 23 percent!
TIME: Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Has Diabetes or Prediabetes
If anyone wants a reason why real action is needed, here it is. Talk about a public health emergency! The old advice about more exercise (or “Let’s Move”), balanced junk food diets and tiny changes is obviously not enough.
It'll start getting better once we stop fearing real food, saturated fats, Butter, meats, eggs, cheese, and start looking at those "low fat", or "fat free" products for what they really are.
We're scared of real food. My dad who used to guzzle soda (He "gave up" so much, so it was his "fat free indulgence"). would be terrified of using butter. Trim every speck of fat off his meats and only choose the leanest cuts to begin with.
He's not alone, people are terrified of fat. You should hear what some people whisper to each-other about my grocery belt of real food.- "OMG look at all the fat. It'll catch up to her". If I look over at the person making such a comment, often their cart includes things like full sugar soda, candies, tarts, sweetened low fat yogurts, sugary cereals.
I tell everyone I can about Gary Taubes "Why We Get Fat and What to do About it" I bought a copy for my parents, and I even have a couple extra copies to loan out. Education will be key. Keep writing, keep sharing the science and successes. We will win.