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CULTURE & COMMUNITY
A DOLL’S
HOUSE,
2009
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o those who call for more
realistic body proportions
on girls’ dolls, here you go. This
vivid imagining of a bloated
Barbie-type doll is courtesy of
Active Life Movement, a non-
profit organization dedicated
to promoting healthy lifestyles
and battling obesity. Made by
the creative wizards at
LatinWorks (LatinWorks.com),
this and other illustrations of
supersized cultural icons are
These days her dream house
being circulated by the group
has golden arches.
to confront Americans with the
reality of their fast-food
chomping, soft-drink guzzling, sedentary lifestyles. (See ActiveLifeMovement.org for more.) With obesity rates climbing — eight
out of 10 Americans over 25 are either overweight or obese — it’s time to get real about the problem.
how healthy is your state?
New report gives the highest marks to Vermont.
Here are some other Best and
48%
Unhealthiest? Louisiana.
Worst in selected categories:
That’s the percentage
Despite the best efforts of ice Texas (46), Tennessee (47),
of respondents in a
cream kings Ben and Jerry, South Carolina (48) and
Violent Crime
Vermont once again topped Mississippi (49) round out the
Best:Maine
Moneymagazine survey
the list of healthiest states in bottom five. The healthiest
Worst:South Carolina who chose health-club
the 19th annual rankings by states after Vermont are, in membership as the
the United Health Foundation. order, Hawaii, New Hampshire,
Air Pollution
one cost they would
The report takes into account Minnesota and Utah.
Best:Hawaii
not give up in a deep
such factors as obesity, binge Of course, obesity is where
Worst:Georgia
recession. Here’s how
drinking, violent crime, air the blubber hits the road when
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pollution, smoking, cancer it comes to unhealthy living.
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Best:Minnesota
deaths and other data. The Mississippi fared worst in that
Worst:Mississippi
Gym Membership: 48%
biggest regional loser once category, with almost 33% Eating Out: 41%
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again was the South, where of its residents considered Binge Drinking
Extra Car: 35%
eight of the bottom 10 states obese. Colorado fared best, Best:Kentucky
Premium Cable: 30%
(if you count Texas) are ranked, with “only” 19.3% of its Worst:(tie) North Dakota,
Wine and Spirits: 20%
with Louisiana the lowest. population considered obese. Wisconsin
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