If we don't get obesity under control with our children, we are going to continue to have more kids developing heart disease and diabetes,

Nearly one-third of children in America are either obese, overweight or at risk. This has been a problem which has been growing over the past 20 years.

California is facing an obesity epidemic, ... And more and more, children are becoming part of the problem.

This is especially important nowadays with all the emphasis on obesity in children. We know that children need to learn early on that they need know how to control their bodies and their health, and continue it throughout their lives. We model it for them, and we teach them how to go about that. We talk about it with them at length, about good nutrition, about sleeping, and about getting exercise routinely.

Increasing fruit and vegetable intake is the most important step Americans can take to make healthy food choices and achieve better health.

Wendy's had the right idea to offer fruit, but knowing the fresh cut fruit business, melons are harder to work with than hardier fruits.