California's Fitness Month
California state Democratic Senator Tom Torlakson from Antioch is a former high school science teacher and coach, and he is an avid biker and runner. He initiated the "State Fitness Month" six years ago. Here is the text of this year's SCR 74 which declares the month of May 2004, as California Fitness Month, and encourages all Californians to observe proper diet and exercise.
In 2001 he launched the California Taskforce on Youth and Workplace Wellness which encourages businesses and schools to create and promote policies which decrease the obesity rates in California's schools and workplaces.
California also has a bi-partisan effort to combat obesity where members of both parties participate in a group weigh-in atop a flatbed trailer. It doesn't measure hot air.
This seems a benign program, and may actually remind Californians from time to time to lead a healthier lifestyle, which is certainly easier to do in their climate than say New York or Indiana. However, it bears watching as government resolutions sometime evolve to government mandates.
In 2001 he launched the California Taskforce on Youth and Workplace Wellness which encourages businesses and schools to create and promote policies which decrease the obesity rates in California's schools and workplaces.
California also has a bi-partisan effort to combat obesity where members of both parties participate in a group weigh-in atop a flatbed trailer. It doesn't measure hot air.
This seems a benign program, and may actually remind Californians from time to time to lead a healthier lifestyle, which is certainly easier to do in their climate than say New York or Indiana. However, it bears watching as government resolutions sometime evolve to government mandates.
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