The number of children and teens that are overweight or obese has more than tripled between the years of 1980 and 2004 (Source: Papalia, Olds and Feldman, 2008). While obesity is not restricted by gender, ethnicity or socio-economic status, there is a slightly increased risk for those who are of poorer families. Girls are more likely to be overweight than boys, and Hispanic and African American teens are slightly more likely to be obese than other races.

Alzheimer’s is a word that no one wants to hear in a diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative condition that is progressive, causing the loss of many functions in elderly people, including memory. Often, it is the short-term memory that is affected, and often, patients will relive memories of their distant pasts.