This may actually be optimistic. At least one study predicted that 90 percent of men and 70 percent of women will eventually become overweight. I find it very difficult to agree with that, but it is definitely true that, as a result of the obesity epidemic, the average American lifespan is falling like a rock and could drop even more in coming decades. In fact, by the middle of this century, the increased risk of obesity-caused diabetes, heart disease and cancer could lower the average life expectancy of 77.6 years by as much as five years.

That's certainly a far cry from the 2002 Social Security Administration forecast that projected the maximum human life span to reach 100 in roughly six decades. If this epidemic is not reversed we will, for the first time in history, see children living shorter lives than their parents.

And their quality of life may be worse as well. In addition to the diseases they will suffer, they may also need to spend more of their money on their illnesses; medical expenditures for morbidly obese adults in the year 2000 were 81 percent more than for normal-weight adults. The high price tag for health care costs for morbidly obese adults is also weighing heavily on U.S. health care system. In that same year, the U.S. health care budget that needed to treat those with excess body weight shot up to over $11 billion.

I have dedicated a large portion of my life to reversing this deadly trend, by providing you with the tools you need to fight obesity in your own home. Simple lifestyle changes can help re-balance your body to its unique ideal weight, and drastically improve your overall health:

• Change your diet to one that is based on your body's unique nutritional type.
• Re-balance your intake of animal based omega-3 fats.
• Reduce or eliminate grains and sugars from your daily diet.
• Start an exercise program that works for your personality and lifestyle, keeping in mind the three vital factors of effective exercise: length of time, frequency, and intensity.
• Your emotions have a huge impact on disease, so address your emotional issues related to your weight and health with fast and effective tools like the Emotional Freedom Technique.