Map of life expectancy at birth from Global Education Project.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Update on the lard slurping couch potato issue

In response to my Monday post, a reader expressed disappointment about the prez's highly publicized burger runs. Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown says not to worry. (I'm not sure links to Politico stories are stable, but I can't find an obvious permalink to this one so we'll have to take our chances.) She writes:

President Barack Obama eats his vegetables and exercises every day - and he really wants you to do the same.

From the White House garden to his picks for top health jobs, Obama is telling America's McDonald's-loving, couch-dwelling, doctor-phobic populace that things are about to change.


The article makes a great deal of libertarian objections to the government promoting healthy habits. I think these are completely ridiculous. A good subject for an upcoming post . . .

2 comments:

C. Corax said...

The article makes a great deal of libertarian objections to the government promoting healthy habits. I think these are completely ridiculous.
Libertarians are completely ridiculous, so you've got to make allowances for their thought processes. If the word "thought" can be used so loosely.

roger said...

i guess it's ok for a private health insurance company to drop your coverage or increase your premiums if you're obese or a smoker.

maybe the libertarians will kill themselves with twinkies and trans fat to show their independence.