Huckabee To Promote Healthy Lifestyle
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Governor Huckabee says he wants to use his
last years in office to promote health.
Huckabee, who has been on a medically-supervised diet, has lost
75 pounds. He says since he announced he was living a healthier
lifestyle, he was received support from all over the hemisphere.
He has responded to some of the cards, letters and emails,
saying he wants to encourage people.
Huckabee says he wants to meet with state officials to discuss
strategies to make Arkansans healthier. The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in Atlanta recently ranked Arkansas third
nationally in the percentage of residents considered obese.
Huckabee says the state pays extra ever year in medical costs
for state employees and for public school teachers because of
illness. On idea he has is to find a way to provide incentives for
state employees to live healthier.
