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'Kentucky has an obesity epidemic' says new report Governor Fletcher has called for an obesity study in Kentucky children. Could it result in action as it has in Arkansas? Should it? You can attend a meeting and add your voice on August 26, 1 p.m. at the Lake Cumberland District Health Department, Somerset. The Governor announced his 'Get Healthy Kentucky!' initiative and appointed First Lady Glenna Fletcher to serve as a special advisor to it. His action comes on the heels of a report -- -- a joint effort by the University of Kentucky Prevention Research Center, the Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention Program and related divisions and branches of the Kentucky Department for Public Health in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services -- which basically said that action is needed now to slow/ reverse the obesity epidemic in Kentucky. The report on the obesity epidemic in Kentucky called upon Kentuckians to eat healthier and become more physically active to prevent and reduce the incidence of serious medical conditions and premature death. Excess weight is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, arthritis and several types of cancer. If stopping this epidemic were as simple as telling people to eat less and exercise more, this problem could have been fixed long ago, said Dr. James Holsinger, Secretary Cabinet for Health and Family Services. "But, he said, its necessary to address the policies and environmental factors that seem to encourage poor diets and keep people from being more physically active." The report cites changes that should be made to fight the obesity epidemic including
A CDC grant (State Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases) has provided funding to explore ways to encourage children and adults to make lifestyle changes that can help make people and communities healthier. This story was posted on 2004-08-14 07:16:34
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