Global Initiative to build alliances around the World to combat the epidemic of Obesity - Michael Torchia, Health and Wellness Expert says, "Our country’s efforts to combat the epidemic of obesity is failing and we are raising a generation of kids that will live to be half the age of their parents.” After years of raising hundreds of millions of dollars, what have these organizations really done with their donations? Most of these organizations have only been handing out promotional newsletters with unsubstantiated claims of their achievements. What seems even stranger is the majority of the donations come from companies who also have contracts providing public schools across the country with food products with toxic ingredients that can endanger the health of our nation. Unfortunately, this gives many of these questionable companies a halo effect, protecting and preventing them from reengineering their food products. “It is indefensible that anyone would consider endorsements from these companies.