Despite spending $4.5 trillion dollars annually on healthcare — twice as much per capita as any other nation — the U.S. is suffering from lower life expectancy than comparable nations. This is in large part due to a crisis not getting the attention it demands: chronic disease. Of the ten most common causes of death in the U.S., six are chronic conditions. In fact, two out of three American adults have two or more chronic conditions. This trend is on the rise, especially among racial and ethnic minorities and rural residents. Chronic disease has even been declared a threat to national security, with three out of five young people not well enough to serve in the military due to obesity a
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