Antiobesity: Good Nutrition and Exercise

Willing to contribute a little in the fight against obesity, specially in the U.S.A. I want from time to time to include encouraging stories of real people overcoming severe obesity.

Consider it as a praise of Intelligent Design for an amazing human plasticity to the point to reshape our bodies and minds.

The first and foremost example is that from Arkansas R. Governor Mike Huckabee.

The video of his transformation can be seen at:

AETN's 'Fighting Fat' kicks off 2005 season
February Episode Streaming Clips: Fitness Witness, Gov. Huckabee.

The Cover and first pages for the Book that he wrote can be seen next:

Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork: A 12-stop Program To End Bad Habits And Begin A Healthy Lifestyle, Mike Huckabee. 162 Pages. Warner Books Inc. 1st Edition. May 2005.

Some articles related to Gov. Huckabee's amazing transformation:

The Politics Of Weight Loss: Gov. Huckabee's Crusade, by John McGran, eDiets Editor-in-Chief. Updated: February 28, 2006.

Governor's healthy state. By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY. Updated 7/11/2004 8:56 PM

United States. Arkansas and the presidency. Mike Huckabee's dream. Preacher, guitar-player, erratic dieter: ideal White House material? Jul 14th 2005 LITTLE ROCK
From The Economist print edition.

Governor slims down with ho-hum routine. The Oakland Press. Monday, April 26, 2004.

CBC MARKETPLACE: YOUR HEALTH » FAT GRADE. Measuring fat: Arkansas' plan to get kids fit. Broadcast: October 17, 2004.

A 'Culture of Health'. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has put his state on a fitness regimen. Can he do the same for America? Brent Humphreys / Redux for Newsweek. Oct. 3, 2005.

Getting religion about health. Mike Huckabee, Arkansas' newly skinny governor, weighs in on the humilation of being fat, why government shouldn't police our grease, and whether he's planning to diet his way to the White House. By Katharine Mieszkowski, May 28, 2005.

Marine Core Marathon print page. Walter Bortz, MD greets Governor Mike Huckabee after completing the Marine Core Marathon.

Other books by Gov. Huckabee:

Living Beyond Your Lifetime: How to be Intentional About the Legacy You Leave.

Character Is the Issue: How People With Integrity Can Revolutionize America. By Mike Huckabee, John Perry [in the very first page Gov. Huckabee contrasts himself from the perjuror from Arkansas]

Kids Who Kill: Confronting Our Culture of Violence. By Mike Huckabee, George Grant

Other encouraging videos of people (from the young to the elderly) winning the fight against obesity as well as easy exercises and a diet to start, can be seen at: http://www.aetn.org/fightingfat

Specially encouraging is the award winning fitness program from Arkansas High Schools:

http://video.aetn.org:8080/ramgen/fightingfat/fightingfat302cbf.rm

You may as well want to see the video of Andy Core in which he shares the motivational story of his own mother, an ex-smoker that gained a lot of weight and her efforts to get fit to the point to participating in several races:

http://www.andycore.com/videos/default.php

So, eat healthy and let's get moving!