Obesity Must Be Stopped

I visited my family in Southfield, Michigan, a beautiful suburb of Detroit for Memorial Day Weekend.  Southfield is a city free of the desolation and poverty that cloaks the Motor City.  My family and I visited downtown Detroit's historic Fox Theater to catch a comedy show.  As I sat and watched the excited revelers make their way down the aisle, I began to notice a frightening similarity in most of the patrons: obesity.  An alarming number of women and men filed into the theater carrying an extra fifty pounds or more of fat on their bodies. 

There were six comedians at the show.  Three of the six comedians were at least one hundred pounds overweight.  One of them walked stooped over with a cane. They made self-deprecating jokes about their weight that the audience delighted in.

The next morning, I sat in a restaurant and listenend to my mother (also 100 pounds or more overweight) place her order of one belgian waffle with ice cream, strawberry puree, whipped cream, scrambled eggs and bacon.  I was heartbroken that a nurse would consistently make such an unhealthy choice.

America, we are killing ourselves.  We are killing our children.  Fat is not funny.  Commit today to make a small change in your life: walk for thirty minutes, skip dessert, or limit fried foods.  If you can't do it for yourself, do it for those who love you.

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