Those medications include phentermine and several other stimulants approved for weight loss in the 1950s, as well as drugs to treat diabetes, depression and attention-deficit disorder that have weight-loss as a side effect.
Without action, the accumulated weight of that structural deficit, of ever-increasing debt, will hobble our economy, it will cloud our future, and it will saddle every child in America with an intolerable burden.
However, previous research has linked low birth weight to an increased risk of attention deficit disorder, as well as physical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.