as heart attack and stroke. In Germany, 600,000 people suffered from diabetes near the end of World War II compared to eight million now. Obesity can increase risk for secondary diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and Alzheimer's. Children who get diabetes can expect to lose 10 to 15 years off of their lives. Diabetes also affect the eyes, kidneys and nerves in the legs. Obesity is a "very strong promoter of cancer." Obesity causes an increased risk for colon cancer and breast cancer. Costs Health costs because of obesity has increased and accounts for 20% of health costs. A third of patients suffer from a loss of control when eating and how much out of control depends on how fat the patient is. Intelligence Obesity in seniors shows that it makes seniors less intelligent. Programs There are many weight loss children programs for kids. Fit instead of Fat The Fit instead of Fat program is run by the German federal government. The objective of the program is to "sharply" reduce obesity rates by the year 2020. The program will try and meet the target by improving the quality of food offered in schools and hospitals along with increasing exercise levels in children. Bundeswehr's fitness camp As of 2007, forty percent of the Bundeswehr's 300,000 conscripts doing military service are considered overweight. A 2007 report declared "excessive bureaucracy" for limiting the time soldiers have to exercise. As a result, an anti-obesity fitness camp opened in Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. Projekt Kugelblitz A hospital in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia started Projekt Kugelblitz to help obese children and adolescence. The aim of the program is to "improve the self-perception, so that the participants develop more sensitive to the context of frustration and compulsive eating, and the selection and preparation of foods and of exercise and well-being". Anti-obesity clinic An anti-obesity clinic in Wesseling, North Rhine-Westphalia works with a maximum of eight participants for 27 months. The program is about nutrition counseling, physical exercise and behavior therapy. Each week they are cared for in highly structured and interlinked courses and motivated. Up to 80 appointments are intended per year. School involvement and funding North Rhine-Westphalia introduced fitness test for students in the second grade due to an increase of children and adolescents being overweight. The students will be weighed and be put through a series of eight exercises. The state government also wants