{"id":32,"date":"2007-12-20T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2007-12-20T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeyourbody.wordpress.com\/2007\/12\/20\/ambassadors-of-fitness\/"},"modified":"2007-12-20T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2007-12-20T17:00:56","slug":"ambassadors-of-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2007\/12\/20\/ambassadors-of-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassadors of Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font>I am an Ambassador of Fitness.  Will you join me in my quest?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/news\/health\">Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor<\/a> from Reuters Health News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/healthNews\/idUSN2736048520070828\">wrote an article <\/a> August  28, parts of which I will quote here:<\/p>\n<p>Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people exercising, according to a study released on Monday. Only a concerted effort by state and federal government, schools and individuals will make a dent in the growing epidemic, the Trust for Americas Health reported.<\/p>\n<p>Obesity rates ranged from more  than 17 percent in Colorado to more than 30 percent in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153No state is doing well. We have seen a dramatic increase throughout the country,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jeff Levi, executive director of the nonprofit Trust, told reporters in a telephone briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Poor nutrition and physical inactivity are robbing  America of our health and productivity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Adult obesity rates rose in 31  states last year and obesity rates did not fall in any states, the report  said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rates of adult obesity now exceed 25 percent in 19 states, an increase from 14 states last year and 9 in 2005. In 1991, none of the states exceeded 20 percent,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the Trust said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The group advocates a concerted effort to fight obesity in the United States, where more than 60 percent of adults are either obese or overweight.<\/p>\n<p>The article goes on to say that the Trust for Americas Health is suggesting, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153changes in laws, including mandates on school lunches, requiring insurers to pay for weight loss programs and restoring physical education programs to schools.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t need laws, we need action. Sunday morning I heard a sermon from 2 Corinthians 5:20 and knew that I had to implore as many people as I could to become Ambassadors of Fitness. Take the initiative yourself to be fit and healthy and then turn to your families, friends and neighbors and speak up and speak out to change the lives of those in need and rid our country of this epidemic of obesity.<\/p>\n<p>Please join me as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/signup\/?type=premium2&amp;MDB_SKU=MDCLUB1&amp;username=howtobefit\">Million Dollar Body Club Member<\/a> or a  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milliondollarbody.com\/signup\/?type=coach&amp;MDB_SKU=MDINSCKK1&amp;username=howtobefit\">Million Dollar Body Club Coach<\/a>.  You can learn more by emailing \u00a0 me at  <a href=\"mailto:howtobefit@aol.com\" title=\"mailto:howtobefit@aol.com\">howtobefit@aol.com<\/a> or call me toll free at 866 797-7336<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an Ambassador of Fitness. Will you join me in my quest? 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