Crosby weighs in with Hoosier obesity bill From Staff, Wire Reports Susan Crosby has just enlisted in the Indiana battle of the bulge. Unfortunately, Indiana is becoming one of the fattest states in the union. Recently, Indianapolis overtook New Orleans as the fourth fattest city in the country. It's costing us as a state, because what happens is that people go from being overweight to being obese to having all of these serious health problems related with obesity,'' the Putnam County legislator said. The goal of this program is to reduce the impact of obesity on related chronic illness.
Obesity is a wide-spread public health issue that needs our urgent attention.
Under the bill, a combined plan of medicine, behavioral modification, diet and exercise will be developed and implemented for five groups of 16 to 20 participants. The participants will be pre-screened for weight loss readiness and monitored frequently for progress. About 100 women will participate after a pre-screening. Obese is defined as weighing 30 or more pounds over a healthy body weight. Obesity poses serious health threats to Indiana residents and is a growing problem.