From Gazette?..
America is fat, Colorado is fat.
There?s no getting around it. Well, maybe we can get around it but it takes longer than it should.
Yes, fat jokes are unkind. Yet we certainly need something to raise awareness that being obese is not OK ? not because everyone needs to look sexy, but because everyone should be concerned about their health.
A federal report last week was celebrated by some Coloradans because our state came in first with the lowest obesity rate in America. This is the sort of thing that can be trumpeted by chambers of commerce and we can feel smug that we are not nearly as fat as Mississippi.
Really, though, the fact that one in five Coloradans is obese is nothing to celebrate, given the host of health problems linked with obesity ? heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, gallstones or bone and joint problems.
?That?s really a good point to shed light on,? said Kat Ciamaichelo, a registered dietician for Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs. She pointed out that in the latest state-by-state obesity rankings released by the Centers for Disease Control, the obesity rate rose in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. from 2010 to 2011.
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Source: http://www.lensaunders.com/wp/?p=3380
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