Mandated counseling for obese people "one of those sound bites that sound good but means nothing. Eat on that"

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Opinion: Fat People Don’t Need Government Sponsored Counseling
Community Contributor | 7-6-2012

By Jasmyne A. Cannick

"The federal government’s idea to "counsel" obese people on their eating habits is as backwards as the government’s war on drugs championing the D.A.R.E. program after the CIA supported the trafficking of cocaine into the U.S. to help finance the purchase of guns for the Contras.

The announcement that a federal health advisory panel recommended that all obese adults receive “intensive counseling” in an effort to rein in a growing health crisis in America is to me just another sign of our government’s “hero complex” and leads me to believe that maybe they are the ones in need of the counseling."