Idea Submitted by B.J.

Obesity is a slow but gradual path to suicide!

Last year I was encouraged and participated in the DC Health dept-sponsored "Move DC" walk from N. Cap St to Lincoln Park & back. What a promising situation as most of 200 participants were at or near an obese state of health delinquency. Apparently, someone in this gov't solicited the Wash Sports club to produce this venture in recognition of the excessive "drain" on gov't productivity and lost dollars imposed by obesity.Obviously these person's eat for taste with perhaps innocent ignorance of calories,cholesterol and diabetes imposed by obesity. Enter gv't intervention with the mindset if you explain WHY you must read food labels, practice "preventive maintenance" and promote how everyone benefits! Perhaps 1-line on paychecks, more gvt cable promotions, ie subtle suggestions that "No one wants to die at an early age." (poster campaigns, free obesity education seminars at Rec Centers,..If people understand WHY,..they will make informed choices before swallowing the enemy (fat-producing foods) Most citizens want to be alive with their grandchildren! For the un-informed,.the conditioning of "self-damage" is not their fault!

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