Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: A Third of Kids Have Chronic Illness. Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles report that a third of children aged 5 to 17 have one or more chronic illnesses, up from 23% in 1999. The research team attributes this increase to the increased prevalence of poor metabolic and mental health in the youth population. Acade...