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...Williamsburg, Va. this week for the TIME/ABC News Obesity Summit. There is no question in their minds as to the dimensions of the problem; the collective weight of approximately a billion obese people around the globe had caused the "the earth [to sink] a little bit lower" joked Tommy Thompson, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, in a keynote speech at Wednesday's opening session. In all seriousness, he reported that new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had concluded that obesity "has overtaken tobacco" as the number one cause of preventable deaths in America...
...part, Thompson put the emphasis on the "personal responsibility" of each American to take control of his own weight. This past year, Thompson, the former governor of Wisconsin, decided to take his own advice that "small steps can make a huge difference. Thompson lost 15 pounds and began wearing a pedometer to ensure that he took at least 10,000 steps a day. Next, he "put [his] whole department on a diet." "My secretary's gone down 7 dress sizes," he said...
...Thompson and other speakers also spoke of steps that could be taken by businesses and employers, insurance companies, and the food and restaurant industries that might make it easier for people to embark on a healthy diet. He praised Ruby Tuesday's for adding calorie information to their menus and he said that Applebees and McDonald's were taking steps towards adding healthier food choices. In addition, Kraft foods has agreed stop advertising some products to children...
...answer Thompson eventually receives will be the most important decision Kerry makes in this campaign, but it won't be coming soon--and that is very much by design. In recent months, Kerry's inadequacies have been picked apart by preying pundits, including me. And yes, it would be nice if he were more eloquent, emotive, funny and, above all, courageous. But if nothing else, Kerry has a sophisticated sense of political timing; he knows how to wait until people are paying attention. "I've been with him through six campaigns, and he always scares you in the beginning...
...hope the international community will support the new Iraqi government with a major peacekeeping effort, or support the premature withdrawal of American troops, if that is what Bush decides to do. Ultimately, and this is the hardest decision of all, he will have to decide whether to tell Charity Thompson something she doesn't want to hear...