Here is a news story that I would love to see here in Canada or in the US. England has a new minister in charge of fitness. Aas we all know fitness is not a very high priority in governemnt in either of our countries but I think England is really on the right track having taken fitness as seriously as they have now.
Thanks to politics.co.uk for this story.
Caroline Flint has been appointed a new minister for fitness, to coordinate the government’s efforts to tackle public health and rising obesity.
Reporting to the health secretary, she will work with the departments for culture, local government, transport and education to help individuals increase their physical activity.
Official figures due to be released on Friday suggest that unless action is taken to improve the general population’s fitness by 2010, one third of adult men will be clinically obese, up from 22 per cent in 2003.
Obesity already costs the economy about £7 billion, and the NHS about £7 billion. Smoking-related conditions cost about £1.7 billion to treat, and heart disease costs nearly £8 billion in health costs and lost work.
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