Thank you all for being with us today. We know why we are here. Chronic disease is overwhelming our country and it is accelerating. We spent 4.1, my uncle was president. We spent zero on chronic disease in this country. Today we spend $4.5 trillion a year on health care and 90% of it goes to managing chronic disease. Poor nutrition is often at its core. Six in ten American adults live with at least one chronic disease. Four in ten live with two or more. (05:08–05:21)
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Asserts that $4.5 trillion is spent annually on healthcare, with 90% for chronic disease management.
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