Why we should hold the fries.The solution to the American health crisis ties less in reorganizing medical, treatment than in improving public hearth, such as steering kids away from french fries. We should launch a series of initiatives to confront obesity and tack of exercise. Some suggestions: Ban soda, potato chips, and other unhealthy snacks from schools; tax junk foods, particularly high-fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is any of a group of corn syrups that have undergone enzymatic processing in order to increase their fructose content and are then mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose) to reach their final form. , a major culprit in the fattening fat·ten v. fat·tened, fat·ten·ing, fat·tens v.tr. 1. To make plump or fat. 2. To fertilize (land). 3. of America; promote jogging and biking, and encourage exercise breaks; expand, not cut back, physical-education programs. It's ridiculous that schools have been cutting back on P.E. when students need more of it. A War on Sloth sloth (slōth, slôth), arboreal mammal found in Central and South America distantly related to armadillos and anteaters. Sloths live in tropical forests, where they sleep, eat, and travel through the trees suspended upside down, clinging to isn't as dramatic as a War on Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act . But there is no area of public policy where it would be easier to save lives than in promoting public hearth.--Nicholas D. Kristof [1/31/06] |
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