West Virginia Church Focuses on Fighting Fat
West Virginia, known as one of the least health conscious and most obese states in the US is probably not the place you’d expect to see a church and a church leader preaching for and spreading the word on health and the meaning of obesity.
The church is actually a catholic church based in the Wheeling area of W VA, and the Bishop of the church wants to concentrate on getting a healthier congregation, and a healthier state at that. The Catholic church reportedly does support public health, but this church is actually making it part of their referendum, addressing it more directly and with a focus on overall health, including spirituality and mental health.
Now if only every church could do this, we may be able to actually successfully fight obesity eventually…oh wait then everyone would have to go to church. Well, it was a nice idea, but I guess every little bit of the population segment we can get to is one step closer to public health and the elimination of obesity.
