Women In Government Actions
Women In Government programs have recently called attention to the growing epidemic of obesity. Currently 60 million Americans have been diagnosed as obese, and the number is increasing each year. In February 2004, Women In Government held an educational meeting on morbid obesity. After learning more about this disease, legislators from Ohio, Georgia, Arizona, Indiana, Colorado, Maine, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, Maryland, and Iowa joined Women In Government in the creation of a Morbid Obesity Task Force chaired by a veteran Women In Government member from Tennessee. The Task Force convened its first meeting in May 2004, and over the course of three days created a work plan and studied model legislation.
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