During the month of February, WDEF News 12 launched a public affairs series about an epidemic impacting a majority of our viewers, Obesity. We did want to present the same old information... "eat right and exercise and you'll lose weight."
It's not that simple. Our society isn't built for us to make healthy choices. From cars and elevators to computers and neighborhoods without sidewalks, we are increasingly becoming inactive. That makes it a struggle just to get the minimum amount of activity daily to burn off what we eat.
What follows is our mainline 8 part series: The Obesity Wake-up Call. You may have noticed during February, several other stories dealing with this issue were sprinkled into newscasts as well, including a sidebar series called Changing Course that aired during our morning and Noon newscasts.
Using this player, you can view any of the 8 stories you might have missed or view the series again at your own pace, on your own time.
We'll revist Changing Course next week, our 4 week long effort to follow a group of Tennessee Valley residents trying to lose weight and eat healthy.
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