Shelley Hearne
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Shelley Hearne
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Bulging waistlines are growing, and they are going to cost taxpayers more dollars, and it's going to cost us in years of life and quality of life, regardless of where you live. We can, and must, do better to start to turn around this obesity epidemic.
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Bulging waistlines are growing and it's going to cost taxpayers more dollars regardless of where you live.
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People think there is nothing that they can do, that obesity is inevitable. This is not rocket science: It's all about how many calories you're putting in yourself, and how many are getting out. We need to go back to the basics.
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This is quite the toxic jambalaya that is being cooked down there.
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We've got a dangerous gap here and we need a much clearer strategic game plan.
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We have a crisis of poor nutrition and physical inactivity in the U.S. and it's time we dealt with it.
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We're not prepared. It's the ugly truth. If our emergency response failed so badly for a Category 5 hurricane, imagine what would happen if a Category 5 viral storm hit every state.
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The reality is that if a pandemic hits, it's not just a health emergency. It's the big one. It requires big thinking to make sure all those dots are connected. Katrina was a wake-up call.