A special In The News "Huh?"

I'm all for getting healthy. I'm all for losing that extra poundage that impedes our health. I'm not, however, all for publicly humiliating a client (or, in Alabama's case, state employees) into losing weight. That sort of "motivation" doesn't work. There are better ways to encourage folks to get moving and get healthy:
Create walking clubs for employees while on breaks. (Hopefully natural progression would have folks evolving into running clubs!)
Create walking trails for walking clubs for employees on breaks.
Offer only healthy food in office buildings and cafeterias.
Create "stair incentives" to encourage people to take the stairs more often than the elevators.
The state should invest money in creating/upgrading walking & biking trails....
The list could go on and on and on.