Use of heartburn drugs by kids skyrockets

More kids are obese these days than before, and now -- according to a recent drug analysis -- ore kids are taking heartburn drugs than ever before. Yikes -- this is another sign of how the quality of food many kids are eating has deteriorated in the last decade.

In addition to heartburn, kids are on drugs for other digestive problems as well in increasing rates, to the tune of a 56% increase in recent years, according to a Medco Health Solutions analysis released this morning.

The Medco research looked at prescription drug claims from over 575,000 U.S. children to come up with its conclusion. I'll say this -- analyzing the drug claims of all U.S. kids would probably lead to finding out that we're raising an entire generation of kids using drugs for one thing or another. The funny thing is, much of this nonsense is completely preventable. Yet, many seem powerless to stop this madness.