"In an Obesity Society forum held in conjunction with the convention, panelists suggested that establishing an internal medicine obesity subspecialty could be a big help. The Obesity Society held a similar discussion in Denver at the Democratic National Convention..."Treasurer"?
There are not enough training programs to prepare physicians for talking to patients about obesity, the root of many health problems that they might encounter in their careers, said Caroline Apovian, M.D., director of the Center for Nutrition and Weight Management at Boston Medical Center. She is the secretary and treasurer of the Obesity Society."
I wonder what possibilities she sees for her IMHO deadly organization.
Hmmm....
More semi-craziness:
"But most of the panelists here emphasized personal responsibility for health and weight needs instead of sweeping changes in health policy and healthcare from the government.The Huckster should have stopped after the first paragraph.
'Change attitudes first so that the law can be changed without an absolute revolution taking place,' said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who dropped 110 pounds in his personal obesity struggle.
He also said insurance companies should reevaluate what obesity-related procedures they cover, saying that a $150 visit to a dietitian isn't covered by most plans, but a quadruple bypass is."
By continuing he displayed his apparently profound ignorance of the matter.
Too bad. He lost the opportunity to get it right.
"Thompson said business-based initiatives like hiking up the price of junk food in the cafeteria would be a start to getting the nation's weight down."That would be Tommy Thompson, former head of HHS.
And governor of Wisconsin, one of the USA's fattest states.
And clear moron.
Bottom line is that there is a confederacy of dunces out there calling for your execution.
And that is a problem since they have the ears of the powerful who have control over the pursestrings.
Don't let them do it.
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