Cory Booker: “Half of our adults are diabetic or pre-diabetic.”

“That's nearly a million people dead every year from what we eat. More than die from Alzheimer's. Accidents on our highways, strokes combined. And we in this country have normalized it. Half of our adults are diabetic or pre-diabetic. pre diabetic. 1 in 4 teenagers. Adult onset diabetes had to be changed in name. Half the children alive in this country right now today are projected to be obese by the time they are 35.” (01:48–01:54)

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