Balance of Food

If you wonder about whether obesity is getting serious, Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times wrote about it on Sunday. His piece entitled "Mike Huckabee Lost 110 Pounds. Ask Him How" talks about Huckabee (current governor of Arkansas) and his large weight loss. Kristof says that obesity is reducing "not only the quality of life of Americans, but also the fiscal soundness of our government and the competitiveness of our businesses." (Since Kristof and the op-ed columnists are under the TimesSelect umbrella, anyone even quoting much more than this will be dealt with in a unfavorable way. Perhaps torture by being forced to read the New York Post.) Obesity and Kristof wouldn't normally cross paths. Kristof talks about how obesity is spreading into areas of concern beyond health and food. This will only become a "bigger" story.