Increase of Obesity and Child Poverty Are Troubling (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | In October, after years of promising myself and my family that I would do so, I stopped being part of the 17.3 percent of the American population who smokes cigarettes. According to the United Health Foundation’s annual report on America’s health, there are fewer smokers this year, down from 17.9 percent in 2010, and more than 25 percent fewer since 2001.