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By: CHP | Posted on: April 10th, 2009 | 
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Categories: Disparities • Economic Issues • Policies and Laws • Nutrition • Public Health
Dateline November 17, 2008 (Associated Press):
“Huntington, WV shrugs at being fattest city”
A woman plodded ahead of him on the sidewalk, the obese mayor of America’s fattest and unhealthiest city explained why health is not a big local issue.
It doesn’t come up,” said David Felinton, 5-foot-9 and 233 pounds.
Dateline: April 9, 2009 (Charleston, WV Gazette):
“Delegates eat doughnuts, breakfast sandwiches, then kill calorie bill”
Sen. Dan Foster, D-Kanawha, took the demise Tuesday of the menu-labeling bill he had championed all session with a grain of salt. “I think there has been a significant level of public education on this public health issue all around the state.”
Dateline November 17, 2008 (MSNBC):
The Huntington phone book lists more pizza places (nearly 200) than the entire state of West Virginia has gyms and health clubs (149). “I’ve never seen so many places that are hot dog oriented, said Mayor Felinton.”
Dateline: April 9, 2009 (Charleston, WV Gazette):
The bill was gutted, then killed by the House Government Organization Committee by a 16-7 margin Tuesday morning
Dateline November 17, 2008 (Associated Press):
Nearly half the adults in Huntington’s five-county metropolitan area are obese — an astounding percentage, far bigger than the national average in a country with a well-known weight problem.
Dateline: April 9, 2009 (Charleston, WV Gazette):
During the committee meeting, members of the House Government Organization Committee dined on breakfast biscuits from Tudor’s Biscuit World and McDonald’s and on Krispy Kreme doughnuts, provided by Delegate Mike Ross, D-Randolph.
Dateline November 17, 2008 (Associated Press):
“They may be at the very top, but obesity and diabetes trends are very similar in many communities in the South,” said Ken Thorpe, an Emory University health policy professor who is working with West Virginia officials on health reform legislation.
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The fact that these legislators in WV chowed down on unhealthy food and then decided that the people in their state shouldn’t have the information they need to make healthier choices just blows my mind.
I think it’s crazy that we can’t get the nutrition information, or at least the calorie information, about the foods we’re ordering before we order and eat them. I really hope Oregon legislators do a better job at making rules that reflect the values and priorities of Oregonians, who have made it clear they’d like menu labeling statewide.