Legislated to health? If people don't take their health into their own hands, governments may use policies to do it for them
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
Obesity rates in North America are a growing concern for legislators. Expanded waistlines mean rising health-care costs for maladies such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. One researcher says that if people do not take measures to get healthy, they may find that governments will throw their weight into administrative measures designed to help us trim the fat.