Tuesday, April 12, 2011

91 year-old bodybuilder

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/apr/02/i-am-a-90-year-old-bodybuilder

great story. best part - he didn't start bodybuilding til he was in his late 80's! it's never too late!!

Monday, April 11, 2011

fat tax?

there's more more discussion of this topic recently, as arizona is considering one. pretty interesting, in my opinion. i'm all for creating some tax on a high BMI, as long as some of the proceeds are used to bring healthier foods to poorer neighborhoods. this solution (i.e. taxing the effects, rather than the causes) is better than additional taxes on fast-food and sodas, as examples, because all fast-food isn't necessarily bad, and many fruit drinks are worse than certain sodas. in other words, there are many causes.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-obesity-20110411,0,3157293.story