Paradoxically  Americans are becoming both more obese and more nutrient deficient at the same  time. Obese children eating processed foods are nutrient depleted and  increasingly get scurvy and rickets, diseases we thought were left behind in the  19th and 20th centuries.
Mark E. Hyman ( (born January 6, 1958) is the Vice President for Corporate Relations for Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest chain of local television stations in the United States.)