According to the National Institutes of Health, America’s biggest health challenges include:
- Heart disease and stroke
- Cancer
- Opioid addiction
- Infectious disease
- Diabetes
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Traumatic brain injury
- Parkinson’s disease
- Mental health
Many chronic conditions are preventable by improving nutrition, getting regular physical activity, dealing with stress, avoiding smoking, limiting alcohol, getting enough sleep and cleaning up your environment!
Top conditions caused by environmental contaminants:
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular disease
- Respiratory disease
- Infectious disease
- Birth outcomes
Did you know?!
- According to the CDC, 6/10 adults in America suffer from a chronic disease and 4/10 suffer from two or more
- The #1 cause of death in our country is heart disease followed closely by cancer
- Other major concerns include hypertension, depression, high cholesterol, crohn's, obesity and arthritis
- 6.5% of American children have asthma
- 1 in 36 eight year olds are being diagnosed with autism
- Last year, 10.2% of children were diagnosed with ADD/ADHD
