I am still haunted by a July 1, 2009, story by the Today Show's Dr. Nancy Snyderman.
Overshadowed by the death of Michael Jackson, Snyderman discussed a new report by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to the report, one in four adults in 31 states are obese.
She went on to say that America has "peaked," that our abundance of food is the wrong kind of food and that our poor choices weaken our position on the world stage.
" ... I don't think we can be a world power if we continue to be this unhealthy," Snyderman said.
Snyderman mentioned a recent trip to Florida, where she found drive-up pharmacies on each corner of an intersection. The sight disturbed her.
"In America, when you are unhealthy, don't worry about getting out of your car and walking in and getting your medicine," she said. "Drive up. Get your medicine."
Her words should have been heard throughout the country: from New York to California, from Michigan to Texas, and from the fattest state of Mississippi to the thinnest state of Colorado. Instead, her decree transitioned into yet another report on Jackson, a man who owned most of the Sony Music Catalog and died at the hands of his own propofol-prescribing physician.
Our forefathers would be proud.
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