This state has reduced the use of soft drinks in schools, informed parents of their kids' body mass index, given exercise breaks as well as smoking breaks to its employees, paid for preventive health tests, subsidized efforts to quit smoking, gave food stamps which have more value if fruits and vegetables are bought.
The governor, after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, lost 110 of his 290 pounds. The governor is a conservative who has realized that a healthier population means lower costs for his state.
I was shocked when I learned that the state was Arkansas.
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