Obesity & Diabetes on the Rise in Massachusetts

The Boston Globe reports that both obesity and diabetes are on the rise in Massachusetts.

Actually, I defy anyone out there to find me one state in the U.S. that isn’t experiencing a sharp rise in obesity and diabetes.

Sometimes, the spate of news accounts about our soaring amounts of adipose tissue and diabetes just get so depressing…

But while one can dwell on the dismal news, reporter Stephen Smith ended his piece on an up note. (Kudos to him for doing that.)

Journalist Smith tells the story of a 5-food-9-inch man, David Arnold Ackerman, who used to weight 222 pounds and who used to include in sweets — cakes, cookies and ice cream.

”But when they told me I was borderline diabetic, I stopped the sweets cold turkey," he told the Globe. ”It was a terrible addiction for me."

Ackerman did exactly what I recommend: He began to eat more veggies, spend time on a treadmill, and he kicked the sweets.

He’s now a trim 165 pounds. Cool, eh?