About the Epidemic
Learn about the epidemic of chronic health conditions that affects at least 54% of U.S. children. Over one in two America children has a diagnosed chronic health condition such as an autoimmune disorder, a neurodevelopmental disorder, diabetes or obesity or a mood or behavioral disorder.
About the Epidemic Articles
Study: Many Small Stressors Add up to Cause Big Health Problems
The CHIRP™ Study In 2018, Documenting Hope opened enrollment for the CHIRP™ Study which features the most comprehensive pediatric survey of children’s health, growth and development in the context of the modern world – a place with innumerable toxic and ... Read More
This Is Urgent
A letter from our Executive Director -- December 2017 Dear Friends, Seven years ago when I published A Compromised Generation, and founded Documenting Hope, I knew in my heart that if we just let enough people know about the skyrocketing ... Read More
Epidemics Are Not Genetic
Epidemics are not genetic, by definition. Genetic disorders occur at a stable rate because only a certain amount of people carry the genes for certain genetic defects. Because the population is growing at a low and stable rate, therefore, an ... Read More
Costs of the Epidemic
Most people recognize the increasing healthcare costs associated with the epidemic of chronic illness, however, we don’t often discuss the broader implications. Could this be the defining issue of our times? We all know that healthcare is expensive but have you ... Read More
Many Diagnoses, One Epidemic
The Epidemic of Children's Chronic Health Conditions Thirty years ago, very few people had heard of diagnoses such as ADHD or autism. Today, these are household words. These illnesses, and others like them, are just the earliest signs of an ... Read More
It’s Not Just About DNA
Epigenetics: It's Not Just About DNA There was a time when medical science believed that our DNA, an inescapable genetic code, our blueprint for life and it was set in stone forever. In the early years of the human genome ... Read More
Shifting the Health Paradigm
The Current Health Paradigm: Name It, Blame It and Tame It >In the current health paradigm, your child is always sick. You’ve seen many doctors, and none of them can tell you WHY. They just hand you a new prescription ... Read More
Sick Planet, Sick People
Our Planet Is Sick, and So Are We Sick planet sick people: Our relationship to the environment has a direct and immediate impact on our health, yet modern healthcare seems to all but ignore this inconvenient truth. Our children, our ... Read More
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