I read Chris Peck's article Fat Memphis –It’s Complicated, and I almost had to take a run at 12:00am from being so angry. His article is a big reason people in Memphis feel the way they do about health in Memphis. Comments like this, “Memphis doesn’t care about being the fattest city in America” made me stop reading his whole article, but it was the first sentence. As I got more into his reading I had to stop from being so angry, and he tried to end his article with some positive information, but it was really mostly excuses. He’s totally ok to have his opinion, but I think his opinion is the reason other cities are so much ahead of Memphis in everything.
“The I don’t care attitude” is how this city looks at everything from social groups, the school system, crime and everything else around this city. Chris Peck should care about the health of Memphis and everyone around Memphis should too. Yes, people can go to BBQ fest, Music Fest, and all the rest of the big foodie events we have here, but if you're going to eat make sure you get a good workout before or the next couple days after. Chris, you may feel that nobody in Memphis cares about being the fattest city, but buddy I’m somebody who cares about the health & fitness in Memphis. Like Chris said, the Greenline has come to Memphis, and more people are getting involved with health. More gyms & outside group actives are being done. Memphis base magazine’s like Fitness+Health is teaching Memphians about health. It’s not going to change over night, but one day at a time things will get better.
Read the article and tell me how you feel. Being poor isn’t a good excuse for being obese…..being uneducated is.
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