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rottxt[1] = "More than 94 million Americans are 50 or older and 4 million more turn 50 every year.";

rottxt[2] = "More than 35 million Americans are 65 or older.";

rottxt[3] = "The average American who retired in year 2000 was 62 - and has 20 to 22 years of life ahead of them.";

rottxt[4] = "In the next 25 years, there will be over a million centenarians in this country.";

rottxt[5] = "About 7,000 Americans turn 65 every day; by 2010, that figure will jump to 9,000.";

rottxt[6] = "It is now a generally accepted view among gerontologists that the maximum life span is greater than 85 years and may, in fact, be closer to 120 years.";

//rottxt[7] = "18.6% of Japanese consumers use vitamin supplements for dieting or weight management.";

rottxt[7] = "The weight loss industry in the US is estimated to be a $35 billion business with expected growth between 6-8% annually.";

rottxt[8] = "Three of five consumers take supplements on a regular basis.";

rottxt[9] = "While minerals only comprise 8% of the supplement market, sales reached $1.4 billion in 2000.";

rottxt[10] = "Six in ten Americans report taking dietary supplements on a regular basis.  46% take multiple vitamin/mineral products on a daily basis and 35% take single vitamins, such as vitamin C.";

rottxt[11] = "Almost one in four Americans (23%) regularly use herbs and specialty supplements.";

rottxt[12] = "72% of Americans who reportedly take dietary supplements, take supplements to feel better.";

rottxt[13] = "67% of Americans who reportedly take dietary supplements, take supplements to help prevent getting sick.";

rottxt[14] = "51% of Americans who reportedly take dietary supplements, take supplements to help them get better when they are sick.";

rottxt[15] = "50% of Americans who reportedly take dietary supplements, take supplements to live longer.";

rottxt[16] = "37% of Americans who reportedly take dietary supplements, take supplements to to build strength and muscle.";

rottxt[17] = "12% of Americans who reportedly take dietary supplements, take supplements for weight management.";

rottxt[18] = "There are 150,000 to 200,000 edible plant species on earth, of which mankind consumes only 150 to 200.";

//rottxt[20] = "Network marketers sold $3.2 billion in supplements during 2000 in the U.S.";

rottxt[19] = "Americans older than 50 years of age control more than 77% of the country's financial assets.";

rottxt[20] = "Seventy-four million Americans self-treat before seeing a physician.";

rottxt[21] = "Eighty-three percent of all U.S. households purchase some form of vitamins, minerals, herbals, or supplements.";

rottxt[22] = "Seventy-six percent of all U.S. shoppers report buying foods that delivers enhanced health or nutritional benefits.";

rottxt[23] = "There are more health clubs than McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. today.";

rottxt[24] = "Health food retail sales have grown 23% per year over the last 10 years.";

rottxt[25] = "Sales of sports nutrition products have grown 30% over the last 10 years.";

rottxt[26] = "Eighty-eight million adult Americans use alternative medicine.";

rottxt[27] = "$27 billion is spent on out-of-pocket on alternative care including acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic care, and naturopathy.";

rottxt[28] = "More than 60% of U.S. medical schools are now offering courses in alternative medicine.";

rottxt[29] = "More than 20% of the baby boom population is over 50 years of age.";

rottxt[30] = "Each day 10,000 baby boomers turn 50 years of age.";

rottxt[31] = "The over-50 population will increase from 26% of the U.S. population in 1997 to more than one-third in 2012.";

rottxt[32] = "The over-50 demographic accounts for 54% of total consumer demand.";

rottxt[33] = "The over-50 demographic accounts for 45% of all health care spending.";

rottxt[34] = "The over-50 demographic accounts for 74% of all prescription drug purchases.";

rottxt[35] = "The over-50 demographic accounts for 71% of all over-the-counter drug purchases.";

rottxt[36] = "Baby Boomers spend more than any other age group on travel, recreation, and personal care products.";

//rottxt[39] = "Use of spas has grown by a factor of 5.6 times over the last 10 years.";

//rottxt[40] = "The International Spa and Fitness Association reported a 70% jump in attendance from 1997 to 1998 as spas altered their focus from weight loss to food, diet, spirituality, mind and body wellness, and traditional and alternative health care.";

rottxt[37] = "More than 30 million U.S. adults have taken educational vacations to learn or improve skills, or to pursue a sport or hobby.";

rottxt[38] = "Over the next ten years, for the first time in U.S. history, population growth will be driven not by an increase in the birth rate, but by a decrease in the mortality rate.";

rottxt[39] = "The number of people 80 years of age and older is projected to grow approximately three times faster than the overall population through 2010.";

rottxt[40] = "The most common reason for using supplements is for general health and wellness rather than as treatment for an existing condition.";

rottxt[41] = "Sixty-three percent of physicians are currently giving patients nutritional advice, up from 49 percent in 1996.";

rottxt[42] = "In 2001, 12 to 16 percent of retirees are working after retirement, whereas surveys shows that 80 percent of the baby boomers say that they expect to work after retirement.";

rottxt[43] = "Obesity linked illnesses kill 300,000 a year in the U.S., and being overweight soon may overtake tobacco use as the top cause of preventable deaths.";

rottxt[44] = "76% of shoppers feel that eating healthfully is a better way to manage an illness than taking medication.";

rottxt[45] = "52% of shoppers look at the nutrition facts label when they buy a product for the first time.";

rottxt[46] = "26% of consumers have purchased a food item because of information on the nutrition facts label.";

rottxt[47] = "34% of consumers have decided against a food purchase because of the nutrition information or a lack thereof.";

rottxt[48] = "42% of consumers have bought some type of organic food to improve their health.";

rottxt[49] = "100 million adults have the need to reduce cholesterol.";

rottxt[50] = "Over 75% of consumers stated that they are concerned about reducing heart disease and cholesterol and nearly 90% would prefer foods and a dietary supplement approach to managing cholesterol, versus medication.";

rottxt[51] = "65% of Americans are overweight or obese.";

//rottxt[56] = "52 million Americans are on diets.";

rottxt[52] = "52 million Americans are on diets and approximately half of all Americans are on a diet on any given day.";

rottxt[53] = "50 million American men and 30 million American women suffer from hair loss.";

rottxt[54] = "In 2001, 850,000 Americans underwent 1.6 million Botox injections.";

rottxt[55] = "53% of boomer women color their hair.";

//rottxt[61] = "The number of plastic surgeries jumped 11x in 5 years to 5.6 million.";

rottxt[56] = "27 million (or one in every ten Americans) abuses drugs and alcohol.  Of the 14 million Americans who require treatment, only 3 million receive treatment.";

rottxt[57] = "$13 billion was spent on abuse programs in 2000.";

rottxt[58] = "Drug and alcohol abuse (excluding tobacco) has a total cost to society of over $250 billion annually.";

//rottxt[65] = "Consumers made over 95 million visits to spas in 2000.";

rottxt[59] = "The number of spas has grown 20% per year for the past 5 years.";

rottxt[60] = 'More that 64% of adults in the U.S. ages 20 years and older are overweight, while 35% would qualify as obese, marking a sharp increase since 1980, when 46% of adults were considered overweight and 14.4% were obese.';  

rottxt[61] = "Some estimates show that by the year 2010, 40% of all Americans will be obese";

rottxt[62] = "The average American consumes 530 more calories per day than in 1974.";  

rottxt[63] = 'The "super sizing" trend can be illustrated by an average soda 20 years ago contained 85 calories whereas today the serving size equates to 250 calories. The same is true of the cheeseburger, 20 years ago you consumed 333 calories whereas today the cheeseburger is now 590 calories.';

rottxt[64] = "In 2003, the cost of obesity was over $75 billion and taxpayers through Medicare and Medicaid paid for approximately half of it.";

rottxt[65] = "Children today eat five times more fast food than they did in 1970.";

rottxt[66] = "Fifteen percent of American children are obese which is three times more than in the early 1980s.";

rottxt[67] = "The National Business Group on Health reports that 75% of all healthcare costs are related to chronic conditions, most or all of which are preventable.";

rottxt[68] = "In the U.S., 140 million people are overweight, 105 million have high cholesterol, 43 million suffer from joint problems and 20 million have diabetes.";

rottxt[69] = "Computers eliminated the need for secretaries to get up to get files, the impact of which is estimated to be a 15 pound weight gain per year simply by eliminating this one movement.";

rottxt[70] = "TV viewers are 47% less likely to walk 10,000 steps than non-viewers. People reduce their number of steps by 144 for each hour of TV watched, resulting in 1,152 fewer steps per day for the average person who watches 8 hours of TV per day.";

rottxt[71] = "Daily cardio activity, such as walking, reduces the risk of catching a cold.";

rottxt[72] = "Every pound of trained muscle, if used every day, burns 35-50 calories versus a pound of fat, which burns 7-10 calories.";

//rottxt[80] = "In 2005, 62% of adults in the U.S. were not engaging in vigorous leisure-time physical activity.";

rottxt[73] = "Roughly half of organic products are now sold through mass and grocery stores."

rottxt[74] = "The number of U.S. adults who are obese increased almost 2 percent between 2005 and 2007."

rottxt[75] = "One in five parents with children 6 to 18 reports having an overweight child."

rottxt[76] = "U.S. consumers spent about $27 billion on functional foods in 2007, and are expected to spend $36.7 billion on the products in 2012."

rottxt[77] = "55 million cosmetic surgery procedures are expected to be performed in 2015, more than quadruple the number of procedures performed in 2005."

rottxt[78] = "The natural and organic personal care products market is valued at $465 million, growing 35% since 2005."

rottxt[79] = "Four in 10 Americans bought organics in the past six months."

rottxt[80] = "US and European sales of organic food and drinks were $31.8bn in 2005, and are projected to rise to $58.9bn by 2010."

rottxt[81] = "The number of Americans who walk for exercise rose 3% in 2007 to 89.8 million people, making it the most popular recreational activity."

rottxt[82] = "Sales of natural and organic cosmetics are projected to approach $7 billion in the United States, up $1 billion from last year."

rottxt[83] = "The number of natural-organic beauty and personal care products launched in the United States rose 5 percent between 2005 and 2006, and 62 percent between 2006 and 2007."

rottxt[84] = "Benefiting from a growing interest in health and fitness, the U.S. cycling industry reached $6.0 billion in annual retail sales in 2005."

rottxt[85] = "Over 40% of U.S. adults, approximately 87 million Americans, currently ride bicycles, meaning that there are more bicyclists in the U.S. than skiers, golfers, and tennis players combined. "

rottxt[86] = "Since 2001, the number of lacrosse players nationally has increased 67.8% according to US Lacrosse, the sport's national governing body."

rottxt[87] = "Over the last decade, lacrosse was the fastest growing sport in the NCAA with a 51% growth rate during the period from 1995 to 2005. "

rottxt[88] = "Obesity rates have doubled in the U.S. since 1980. "

rottxt[89] = "In 1990, all states had obesity prevalence rates less than 20% versus four states in 2005."

rottxt[90] = "Approximately $40 billion is spent annually to fight diseases and other medical conditions stemming from obesity (including $22.2 billion for heart disease)."

rottxt[91] = "Obese adults incur medical costs 36% higher than a normal weight adult."

rottxt[92] = "Americans spent nearly $17 billion on organic food and beverages in 2006, an increase of 126% over five years."

rottxt[93] = "In 2006 more than 6 million Americans used the services of a personal trainer."

rottxt[94] = "More than 10.5 million people practice Pilates in the United States"

rottxt[95] = "There are 50% more visits per year to Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioners than to traditional medicine practitioners; 62% of adult Americans have used CAM in the last 12 months"

rottxt[96] = "81% of U.S. corporations with > 50 employees have adopted wellness programs."

rottxt[97] = "Consumers are expected to spend nearly $100 billion on wellness-related food and supplement products by 2010, up from $68 billion in 2005."

rottxt[98] = "Certified organic acreage in the US has grown by over 1 million acres in 2005 and now represents more than 4 million acres under organic production."

rottxt[99] = "Governments, corporations, and venture capitalists invested a total of $48.3 billion in clean technology in 2006, an increase of 13% over the previous year."

rottxt[100] = "74% of Americans do not get the recommended amount of exercise and 24% get none."

rottxt[101] = "25% of our hospitals have fast food restaurants on the premises."

rottxt[102] = "The direct cost of obesity and physical inactivity accounts for 10%, or well over $100B, of US health care expenditures."

rottxt[103] = "Approximately 21M people participate in yoga in the US."

rottxt[104] = "There are an estimated 14K spas throughout the U.S., up from 10K in 2004 (CAGR of 16%)."

rottxt[105] = "Consumers made more than 130 million spa visits in 2005, up from 95 million in 2000."

rottxt[106] = "Between 2000 and 2020, the number of people age 55-64 will increase 73%.  The number of people over 65 will increase 54%."

rottxt[107] = "Americans over 65 spend $6 billion per year on personal care expenditures."

rottxt[108] = "Life expectancy in the US as of 2000 was 78 years."

rottxt[109] = "The number of retirees will grow 120% between 2005 and 2040.  The number of working age people will only grow 20%."

rottxt[110] = "More than 60% of American households report that they use some type of environmentally friendly (\"green\") product."