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
The Cost of Modern Living
Why does the cost of modern living make people in the Western industrial world so sick, fat and tired? How can we have a state-of-the-art healthcare system but also have one of the sickest populations on the planet? The truth ... Read More
The Startling Statistics
What Are the Startling Statistics? The startling statistics are that millions of American children live with diagnosed chronic illnesses. According to a research paper published in Academic Pediatrics in 2011, at least 54% of American children have a diagnosed chronic condition. Statistics for Common ... Read More
Behind the Statistics
What's Behind the Statistics of Higher Rates of Children's Chronic Health Conditions? Understanding what’s behind the statistics of autism, ADHD, allergies, asthma and other chronic childhood conditions will help you understand that epidemics aren’t genetic. There is a vast body ... Read More
Underlying Medical Problems
A Root-Cause Approach Is Needed We need to start thinking differently about health and wellness. What if we looked at diagnoses not as an endpoint but as a beginning? What if we view the symptoms common to a particular diagnosis ... Read More
The Total Load Theory: Why So Many Children Have Developmental Problems
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND details how the total load theory can explain why so many children today have neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as other chronic health conditions. An increasing number of children are being diagnosed with ... Read More
1 in 68 Children with Autism: This Should Be All Over the News Media!
The statistics are frightening enough on their own. 1 in 68 children has autism (and this number is growing!). In some communities (e.g., Somali immigrants in Minnesota), the statistics are even higher. 1 in 8 children has asthma. 1 in ... Read More
The New Normal: 1 in 68 Children with Autism
by Ashley Morgan, mother of two chronically ill children (Leo and Sydney) 1 in 68 Children Has Autism It's official according to the CDC and other government bodies. The rate of autism has increased no matter what. The numbers are ... Read More
Why Is the Autism Rate Now 1 in 68 Children?
The Autism Rate Continues to Increase Are you scared yet? If you're thinking of having children, you should be VERY concerned that the autism rate has gone from: 1 in 10,000 children in 1980, to 1 in 150 children in ... Read More
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