State hosts obesity prevention hearing

Obesity and how to prevent it in Illinois will be the subject of a state hearing.

Friday’s hearing will be the first of three in the state.

The Illinois Department of Public Health wants to talk hear from people about policy and personal changes that are needed to help people get to and maintain a healthy weight.

The public health director, Dr. Damon Arnold, says obesity is one of the most serious health problems facing the nation and the state wants to hear ideas about how that can be reversed.

Friday’s hearing will be in the Michael A. Bilandic Building on LaSalle Street. It will run from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.

The next hearing will be in Springfield on March 8 and in Carbondale on March 15.

The Associated Press

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