Nothing like a brush with a scary disease to push someone into action.
Former President Bill Clinton–a reformed overeater, who underwent heart bypass surgery in September 2004–is now trying to get the word out about the importance of changing our nation’s eating habit, the Associated Press reported.
Shame he didn’t do this while in office—guess he was too busy chasing down culprit carbs–but, hey, better now than never.
"We have a huge cultural problem and unless we change it our children may grow up to be the first generation with shorter lifespans than we had," the former Arkansas governor said, speaking to the National Governors Association..
Read more about Clinton’s efforts to change our culture of too much food and too little exercise.
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