ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay says city residents need to lose more weight.
The mayor on Thursday launched an effort to reduce obesity among adult residents by 5 percent by 2018.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1kd2t5d ) reports that 31 percent of the city’s adult residents are obese, according to a 2011 regional health report.
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Slay called obesity “a major social concern” and “one of the greatest drivers of chronic disease and health care costs in the United States.”
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, https://www.stltoday.com
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