On this Focus on the Community we speak with Elizabeth Scamihorn with Trees Inc.

 

Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and their The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America . The annual report provides state-by-state rankings of adult obesity rates, information on trends by region, age, gender and ethnicity, and policy recommendations for local and state government.

This year the U.S. adult obesity rate passed the 40 percent mark for the first time, standing at 42.4 percent – the highest ever recorded, an increase of 26 percent since 2008.

Indiana ranks 12th on the list. Reha Farberman talks about the study.

 
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Mike Peterson of the Brazil Rotary talks about their 4th of July events, good works that the club performs in the community and that a one of the founders of the national Rotary Club is from the Wabash Valley

 
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Tami Silverman with the Indiana Youth Institute talks about discipline in schools

 
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