BlueCalx
08-12-2003, 06:22 PM
http://www.wsmv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1397508&nav=1TcTHP4x
August 11, 2003
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- National statistics paint a picture of Tennessee health -- and it isn't pretty. The average Tennessean is probably overweight, getting about 18 prescriptions a year and facing a nearly 1-in-3 chance of developing heart disease.
Culture may play a part, or as Russ Miller, spokesman for the Tennessee Medical Association put it: "It's a Southern-fried fact."
Nationwide, Tennessee is on the wrong end of a variety of health rankings: 50th for usage of prescription drugs, 49th in cardiovascular health and 43rd for the welfare of its children.
Experts say the profile is a combination of heredity, poverty, education, an aging population and an increasingly sedentary society.
blah blah blah...
and I thought like 1/4 of the people around here being obese was bad... Maybe it's more like half..
August 11, 2003
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- National statistics paint a picture of Tennessee health -- and it isn't pretty. The average Tennessean is probably overweight, getting about 18 prescriptions a year and facing a nearly 1-in-3 chance of developing heart disease.
Culture may play a part, or as Russ Miller, spokesman for the Tennessee Medical Association put it: "It's a Southern-fried fact."
Nationwide, Tennessee is on the wrong end of a variety of health rankings: 50th for usage of prescription drugs, 49th in cardiovascular health and 43rd for the welfare of its children.
Experts say the profile is a combination of heredity, poverty, education, an aging population and an increasingly sedentary society.
blah blah blah...
and I thought like 1/4 of the people around here being obese was bad... Maybe it's more like half..