This article from the New York Times describes several recent studies indicating that youth are gaining massive amounts of weight to play football. These young athletes are raising their risk of being morbidly obese as teens and as adults in pursuit of high achievement on the field. Given what we know about how obesity can wreak havoc on the health of adolescents and adults, it is time to come to grips with this growing problem (no pun intended).
Read the full article in the New York Times.