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Anti Obesity PSA Shocks Viewers



A year-old anti-obesity PSA from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is getting a lot of attention this week after being posted on the site Reddit.

The video, titled "Rewind the Future," features a fictional man named Jim being wheeled into a hospital room on a stretcher. Jim is 32 years old and 300 pounds.  He is suffering a heart attack.

"How the hell does that happen?" asks Jim's doctor after learning his age and weight. The answer? A lifetime of poor choices, which the video illustrates with flashbacks going all the way back to Jim's childhood.

The video ends with a strong message to parents:

"There's still time to reverse the unhealthy habits our kids take into adulthood."