Healthy Fitness Ideas

Con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Rush Lim­baugh has been sur­pris­ingly sub­dued about the First Lady’s cam­paign against child­hood obe­sity.  He did men­tion that he thought that South­ern states had the high­est rates of obe­sity, but that is hardly insightful.

Accord­ing to data com­piled by the CDC, in 2008, only one state (Col­orado) had a preva­lence of obe­sity less than 20%. Thirty-two states had a preva­lence equal to or greater than 25% and six of these states (Alabama, Mis­sis­sippi, Okla­homa, South Car­olina, Ten­nessee, and West Vir­ginia). had a preva­lence of obe­sity equal to or greater than 30%.

Being over­weight can not only lead to car­dio­vas­cu­lar, gas­troin­testi­nal, res­pi­ra­tory, hor­monal, neu­ro­log­i­cal, and meta­bolic dis­eases such as dia­betes. Being over­weight can also man­i­fest itself through psy­cho­log­i­cal dif­fi­cul­ties, which may require the assis­tance of a trained professional.

One would think that Rush could read­ily under­stand the health risks asso­ci­ated with obe­sity. It’s a band­wagon he needs jump on.  So, “Let’s Move,” Rush, and not just the mus­cles in your mouth.