Monday, January 7, 2008

Mayor Challenges City to Lose 1 Million Pounds

Mick Cornett, mayor of Oklahoma City, proposed one very challenging and unusual New Year’s resolution to the city: take a collective stand against obesity and lose 1 million pounds.


Inspired partly by his own wish to lose weight, Mick Cornett transformed a personal struggle into an urban crusade against obesity. Oklahoma City stands as one of the fattest cities in the United States.


The mayor said people need to acknowledge that they do not follow a healthy lifestyle and that exercise and a better-balanced and healthy diet, coupled with self-discipline, are necessary.


If the mayor of Grants Pass challenged us with a New Year's resolution to lose weight, would we take our health more seriously?


Check out the city's weight loss website by clicking the icon below.



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