By John Kruse
I’ve written a fair amount lately about how futile any health care reform will be if we don’t fix the obesity epedimic in this country. Today, I came across yet another person who shares this belief. Colin Horgan in an article titled “Health Care and Education: Let’s Get Physical” writes:
The fact of that matter is that if any kind of reform of the US health system is to be successful, it will rely on this generation being healthier than the last. The Boomers and Gen X’ers will apply untold pressure on any kind of health system, no matter how good it is, and having a fatter, sicker generation follow isn’t going to help anybody, no matter where they land on the political spectrum.
Horgan also points out a number of statistics on obesity that aren’t likely to surprise the readers of this blog. Lets hope that politicians in Washington wake up to the fact its time to reform America’s waistlines. Doing so will require education. America’s physical educators are more important than ever.