Here's a good idea

Now the government is actually encouraging exercise.

I just wonder how folks are going to get off their couches and into shape. Do I care? Not really; just as long as we don't have to shoulder the health care costs for obese individuals.

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Tonight eat only half the dessert," Mr. Thompson said. "And then go out and walk around the block. And if you are going to watch television get down and do 10 push-ups and 5 sit-ups."

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As my father would say, "If exercise were a pill, it would be the best selling drug in the market place."