“Above all, we need to put aside our anti-government prejudices and realize that the history of government interventions on behalf of public health, from the construction of sewer systems to the campaign against smoking, is one of consistent, life-enhancing success. Obesity is America’s fastest-growing health problem; let’s do something about it.” Paul Krugman
This is really not making any sense to me at all. In my experience, the folks who are ignoring federal government’s health claims regarding obesity are doing so because losing weight is HARD and TIME CONSUMING, two things that Americans are really not into dealing with.
I seriously want to go to my message boards and ask those folks if their anti-government prejudices are keeping them from losing weight. I bet they’d laugh their asses off.