Paul Klee Fire in the Evening

Paul Klee Fire in the EveningPaul Klee FarbtafelClaude Monet Haystack at Giverny
Americans to become more economically competitive, say the authors of the paper, Dr. David Ludwig, of Children's Hospital Boston, and Harold Pollack, of the University of Chicago's Center for Health Administration Studies. In the absence of such action, they say, obesity and public are likely to worsen.
"The economic , consumers tend to eat less costly, high-calorie products, they say. Membership in gyms, fitness classes and sports leagues declines. Some schools may even cut physical education time. The economic stimulus plan, however, could create jobs and invest in the nation's such projects as building school kitchens to cook nutritious food; building sidewalks, bike paths, parks, centers; and changing government policies to revitalize farming.
Today's Los Angeles Times story on the stimulus plan debate notes downturn can be expected to reduce and physical activity, worsening obesity prevalence when society is least able to bear the escalating financial burden," they wrote.In times of economic stress