Hall County tips the scales

Community health is linked to our personal well-being, local experts say

Eating fruits and vegetables is one way to lose and keep weight off, experts say, like peaches from Phillip Echols’ stand at the downtown farmers market on the square. Echols and his daughter April Simpson, center, sell peaches Friday to Priscilla McKinnon, center right, and her daughter Martha, who often coaches her mother on healthy eating and exercise, Priscilla McKinnon said. - photo by NAT GURLEY

0721OBESITY 1 — Eating fruits and vegetables is one way to lose and keep weight off, experts say, like peaches from Phillip Echols’ stand at the downtown farmers market on the square. Echols and his daughter April Simpson, center, sell peaches Friday to Priscilla McKinnon, center right, and her daughter Martha, who often coaches her mother on healthy eating and exercise, Priscilla McKinnon said. - photo by NAT GURLEY

Local health care experts are concerned the nation’s growing obesity problem will affect more than just individual health but the health of the community as a whole. A study released earlier this year by the Healthcare Initiative Consortium, a subset of The Greater Hall County Chamber of Commerce’s Vision 2030, suggested the local problem is much worse than many realize. The study found that between 75 and 80 percent of adults in Hall County are overweight or obese.

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