What does it look like when you try to put an entire city, state, or country on a diet? Check out these three major public health initiatives created to combat obesity and help people collectively lose millions of pounds.,Weapons of Mass Reduction,When entire cities, states, and countries go on a diet
We had built an incredible quality of life if you happened to be a car. But if you happened to be a person you were combating the car seemingly at every turn.
Studies consistently show that if you team up with family or friends when you start a new diet and exercise regime to get rid of those cheesecake pounds you’re more likely to lose weight — and keep it off. What if you upped the stakes? What if you teamed up with your entire block or your whole community? What does it look like when you try to put an entire city state or country on a diet? Check out these three major public health initiatives created to combat obesity and help people collectively lose millions of pounds.
Oklahoma City is a metropolis that began in 1889 when the federal government announced a land rush — settlers could race across the country and claim any free land as their own. In a mere few hours the city’s population jumped from zero to 10000. The shopping cart was invented in Oklahoma City and it was also the location of the very first parking meter. And about ten years ago it was one of the nation’s fattest cities.
That last fact came as a surprise to Mayor Mick Cornett who happened upon that alarming stat as he was reading a magazine. As the embarrassing news about his constituents sunk in he took a hard look at himself. Inputting his height and weight into an online BMI calculator Cornett realized that he too was obese. He immediately made the decision to change his diet and increase his activity and with a steady weight loss of about a pound a week successfully dropped 40 pounds.
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