Carrie, I enjoyed reading your post, I agree the video was informative. You discussed several things in your post that I agree. The first was that obesity is a preventable disease. The reason why I agree with this statement is because, I know personally society is working to get the word out there about eating healthy and the risks associated with not eating healthy. For example, at some fast food restaurants they have icons on the menu to indicate healthy choice and at one of my favorite stores, Wal-Mart they do the same thing. When I go shopping, I always look for that little green sticker on my foods. I was also shocked that homicide was at the bottom of the chart. In the video at (2:20), heart disease was number on the chart. In addition,
