Posted on 08/27/2007 4:50:07 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
(CNN) -- Americans are already among the fattest people in the world and they just keep packing on the pounds. A new report finds that obesity rates have swelled during the last year in 31 states with not one state reporting that its obesity rate shrank. And, for the first time, more than 30 percent of residents in one state -- Mississippi -- are classified as obese.
Two-thirds of U.S. adults are obese or overweight, according to the Trust for America's Health.
Nationwide, two-thirds of U.S. adults are obese or overweight, according to the fourth annual report from the Trust for America's Health, titled "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America." The report's co-author says the government needs to treat this trend as an epidemic that threatens the health of Americans and put in place a national plan in place to combat obesity.
"The key recommendation in the report is we need a national strategy," said report co-author Jeffrey Levi.
He noted that the federal government has created a comprehensive plan to be implemented in the event of an outbreak of pandemic flu.
"We need something like that in obesity that says this is what every agency of the federal government is doing. [It's] what we can do to directly affect this problem and motivate individual communities and businesses to play their role as well," Levi said.
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Nationl program?
1. Eat lighter. You already know how.
2. Exercise more.
No Big Brother, not another governmental agency to police what we eat and how fat we get.
This is what happens in a government bloated by tax dollars with people needing to justify their jobs and huge salaries and benefits. It will only get worse to we ensure every American is a law-breaker and will will bow at the government alter when directed.
Sad, sad American our parents are handing us. Thanks for nothing.
The last thing we need is Federal Food Police.
Implementing Dodge Ball would be a good first step..........
The Walton and Johnson Weight Loss Program:
Eat less, move around more
www.waltonandjohnson.com
A sudden hot sweat had broken out all over Winston's body. His face remained completely inscrutable. Never show dismay! Never show resentment! A single flicker of the eyes could give you away.
The national strategy to fight stupidity is called public school. Look how well that’s turned out...
Join the war on obesity. Kill a fat person today!
As with all things federal, there will be a Czar. A Tubbo Czar perhaps?
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That’s a new one on me. First time I’ve heard of it. My knee jerk reaction is this is a money vacuum. Just my 2 cent opinion.
1. Eat lighter. You already know how.
2. Exercise more.
Ditto alcoholism and smoking.
1. Don’t drink booze.
and
1. Don’t smoke tobacco.
if we could harvest the fat via liposuction and then turn it into oil
we could run this country forever talking about recycling
and everyone would be fat and happy at one point or another
It is shocking to go to another country. You just don’t see too many huge people. The reason we have this problem is lifestyle. We drive too much and on average don’t exercise. We also eat huge portions compared to most places and drink a lot of high calorie drinks. Even our kids are fat. Why? Because they play video games instead of playing outside. It really is shocking to see how many giant eight year olds there are now. Kids like that were rare when I was a kid. Heck giant adults were too and now huge slobs are everywhere. Back in 1960, when I was a youngman, the average adult weighed 25 lbs less than now!
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