Results tagged “obesity”

• Massachusetts has the second-lowest obesity rate in the nation at 21.2%, which still seems too high. [WCVB]

• Boston firefighters are defying Boston Fire Department orders to volunteer to staff three stations. [Boston Herald]

We already talked about how cities make you fat and stupid, but more evidence is piling up by the day. Soon the pile will be as high as the circumference of our collective waistline! And that is quite a measurement. Now that 59 percent of Massachusetts adults are obese, the state is starting a campaign to curb obesity, said obesity presumably being caused by the terror of living in cities that bombard us with overwhelming amounts of information. more ›

--The MBTA needs money, and it's not messing around. They're going after those annoying fare evaders who try to get all close up on you when you try to go through the gates. [Boston Herald] more ›

We had this one on deck until stuff got nuts in New Hampshire and Evel Knievel leapt over his last car … The acting US Surgeon General told the Herald that he thinks Santa is a fattie. The story is so silly that it is barely worth discussing, except to say one thing to the Surgeon General Steven K. Galson. Parents, block this site from your computer or get 'em out of the room. Santa.... more ›