Comments on: America: Now Fatter than Ever http://thedecisiontree.com/blog/2008/07/america-now-fatter-than-ever/ a blog about predictive medicine and the future of healthcare Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carlos Rizo http://thedecisiontree.com/blog/2008/07/america-now-fatter-than-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-4495 Carlos Rizo Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:45:36 +0000 http://epidemix.org/blog/?p=268#comment-4495 Thanks for your post. A few days ago i was reading about Obama's supermarketing machine to get votes and money (here is the article: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/16/obama_data/index.html) I truly admire and respect Obama but politicians only want one thing at the end of the day, a vote and super marketing machines are meant to get that, a vote. But wouldn't it be great if these super marketing machines were be used to improve people's eating habits? I am sure the politicians can declare a 'war' against obesity but they need a smart, creative, simple to implement solution. I am interested to hear more about some innovative non-pharmacological behaviour modification strategies to address the obesity crisis in the US. Looking forward to your next post. Thanks for your post.

A few days ago i was reading about Obama’s supermarketing machine to get votes and money (here is the article: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/16/obama_data/index.html)
I truly admire and respect Obama but politicians only want one thing at the end of the day, a vote and super marketing machines are meant to get that, a vote. But wouldn’t it be great if these super marketing machines were be used to improve people’s eating habits? I am sure the politicians can declare a ‘war’ against obesity but they need a smart, creative, simple to implement solution.

I am interested to hear more about some innovative non-pharmacological behaviour modification strategies to address the obesity crisis in the US. Looking forward to your next post.

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