Today, the Daily Journal continues to look at the obesity epidemic by taking a look at childhood obesity. Click the video above to hear from Dr. Ed Hill, a family physician from Tupelo. Dr. Hill has many years of experience with this problem. He was the first Mississippian in history to serve as president of the American Medical Association. We appreciate his time here.

Also read more of today’s coverage from the Journal …
Click here for today’s stories on children and obesity.

As always we welcome your comments below …

Obesity, largely a product of the modern lifestyle, has in a very short span of time become the nation’s most pressing health problem, now routinely described as an epidemic. Mississippians – the nation’s least healthy people – are also the fattest, and the connection is no coincidence. The Daily Journal started a multipart series that continues over the next two Sundays examining the problem in Northeast Mississippi and possible solutions.

Here is a link to the coverage from Sunday – Click here for How We Got Here.

Sunday, July 20 – The young at risk

Sunday, July 27 – Building a leaning community.

Do you have a story about obesity? Please share it here in the comment section. Thanks for reading.