Sec. of Health says, "We need to stem the rising epidemic of obesity"
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Mon, 12/01/2003 - 5:51am
According to a Reutershealth story:
MoBikeFed is proposing a big step to improving the situation in Missouri with the "Highway Safety and Driver Accountability" legislation.
"We need to stem the rising epidemic of obesity in this nation," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said in a prepared statement. "These findings show that clinicians can have a significant impact on the health of their adult patients by screening for obesity and offering or referring patients to intensive counseling and behavioral interventions."Can we say it again? One b-i-g reason for the explosion in obesity in America is that we have made it difficult, unpleasant, and risky to walk and bike in our cities and towns. Walking and bicycling is a much smaller part of the average daily routine than it was just 10 or 20 years ago.
It's no secret that Americans have gotten heavier in recent years. During the last 40 years, the percentage of U.S. adults who are obese jumped from 13 percent to 31 percent. Another 34 percent of U.S. adults are overweight but not obese, according to the report in the December 2nd issue of the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
MoBikeFed is proposing a big step to improving the situation in Missouri with the "Highway Safety and Driver Accountability" legislation.
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