We can improve our prosperity by improving our health
October 15th, 2007John S. Clarke, publisher of the Delta Democrat Times in Greenville, Mississippi, notes that his state ranks third in the nation for overall disability rate. (West Virginia and Kentucky are slightly higher.)
He says long-term disability negatively affects the economic health of the state, and urges residents to take better care of themselves. Among his proposals to reduce the disability rate: a mandatory driver’s education course, better diet and exercise habits, enforcement of traffic and drug laws, and less smoking.
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