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Intern Mary » 2pm - Jan 24, 2011
In 2005, Surgeon General Richard Carmona called obesity "the terror within," and said "Unless we do something about it, the magnitude of the dilemma will dwarf 9-11." But public policy changes would be pointless, because "common-sense health decisions" can't legislated.
Excuse me? First of all, my thighs are a bigger threat to this country than people who fly planes into skyscrapers?
Marjorie Ingall is a columnist for Tablet magazine and co-author of Hungry, with Crystal Renn Distributed by Tubemogul.
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In 2005, Surgeon General Richard Carmona called obesity "the terror within," and said "Unless we do something about it, the magnitude of the dilemma will dwarf 9-11." But public policy changes would be pointless, because "common-sense health decisions" can't legislated.
Excuse me? First of all, my thighs are a bigger threat to this country than people who fly planes into skyscrapers?
Marjorie Ingall is a columnist for Tablet magazine and co-author of Hungry, with Crystal Renn Distributed by Tubemogul.
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