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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
New Jersey: Leading the nation
By VictorM: I'm glad to see that the issue of obesity is being taken more seriously. This is another example of where government needs to lead otherwise people are left alone at the mercy of greedy business people. Will it help? Will it be efficient? Will any good come out of this? I don't know but time will tell. Programs like this need to be started and tweaked as necessary to make them better, but even if imperfect now, sitting around doing nothing is not any better.New Jersey's health department is escalating the battle against the bulge by starting a new Office of Nutrition and Fitness to better coordinate programs to prevent obesity.
The agency is particularly needed in New Jersey -- possibly the first state to create such a government body.
The Garden State has the highest percentage of overweight and obese children under age 5, at 17.7 percent, according to a 2004 survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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I'm surprised that New Joisey is the leader here (I'm originally from there - Exit 148). I would have pegged somewhere like Mississippi or Alabama as the tops - all that fried food down there.
I guess its all the pizza.
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I guess its all the pizza.
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