The drugs available to them are the least effective. The nutrition information is sketchy. The support system is nil. Or suppose the obese, diabetic kid has grown up to be an activist, or an artist, or a socially aware businessperson. Just as he or she starts to reach the heights, the sickness starts.
More time is spent dealing with the illness than fulfilling the promise.
A community that cannot afford to lose its best loses another one. And people say it's just fate. It's not fate. San Bruno loc.