NYTimes.com Article: Economic Scene: Waistlines Are Now Victims of Economic Progress

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Dear colleagues:

This article looks at weight and obesity from the perspective of economics. Thought that was an interesting point of view.

Josefine Wendel, MS, RD
Cambridge, MA

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Economic Scene: Waistlines Are Now Victims of Economic Progress


By VIRGINIA POSTREL

eVER alert for trends that threaten Americans' health, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported some bad news.
Only about a quarter of the population is getting enough exercise,
and that percentag e barely budged from 1990 to 1998. The media may
be full of beautiful, fit bodies, but neither those images nor the
pleading of health experts is having much effect. Most Americans
seem content to stay on the couch. The  result is ever greater
obesity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/22/business/22SCEN.html?searchpv=site01?ex=986374128&ei=1&en=074b8a4b7d897075

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