There was a very nice piece this morning on NPR’s Morning Edition building on a study released earlier this month that found that being persistently overweight from young adulthood on can have a profoundly negative social and economic impact on individuals – this in addition to the already well-documented health effects of overweight and obesity (NPR story) (study link). After a quick review of the results and implication of the 20-year study, the story, by Patti Neighmond, goes on to discuss two issues very important to this blog’s contributors: the importance of prevention and creating a supportive environment when it comes to controlling the obesity epidemic.
We’ve detailed the individual choice/environmental influence relationship in a number of other posts (related posts), but it’s good to see (er, hear) it gaining more and more momentum in the media, government, and beyond.