While America's children have poverty rates, infant mortality rates, and
child injury mortality rates that lead the developed world, TIME spends
hundreds and hundreds of words on FAT. I sent a letter to TIME editor...
about 40% of Americans at the bottom controlling 0.3% of its wealth...as
being a slightly more important health issue than FAT. - dr
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1174679,00.html
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The Politics of Fat
Experts say our expanding girth is killing us and costing the health-care
system billions. But is this a problem government can solve? Or should? The
debate grows as we do
By KAREN TUMULTY
These are fat times in politics. Literally. Nearly 400 obesity-related
bills were introduced in state legislatures across the country last
year--more than double the number in 2003. A quarter of them were passed
into law, up from only 12% two years before. In Washington the word obesity
appears in 56 bills introduced during the current Congress; this, the Wall
Street Journal points out, is fast catching up with the number containing
the word gun. Surgeon General Richard Carmona says obesity is a greater
threat than terrorism. Some public-health advocates have begun urging the
government to put a warning label on soft drinks; others are calling for a
"fat tax" on fast food....SNIP
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