Guest editorial: Obesity, lack of food a double whammy

We are confronting an obesity epidemic across America, and not just among low-income individuals. In Tennessee the data are particularly alarming. The state has the fourth-highest rate of adult obesity in the nation, and the
36.5 percent of Tennessee youths who are overweight are at risk for chronic diseases and other health conditions long into adulthood. Obesity causes more health problems than smoking, heavy drinking or even poverty ? leading to increased health-care costs for all of us.  Click here for full article.