More people are overweight and unhealthy in this country every year- and Vermont is no exception. How can we educate about obesity, diet and nutrition without shaming or marginalizing people who are overweight?

Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Harry Chen looks at the key health issues facing the state, and Congressman Peter Welch reflects on the recent debt-ceiling discussions.

A new study on obesity shows that Vermonters are gaining weight. They're just not gaining weight as fast as the rest of the country.

We listen to both sides of the debate on the proposed soda tax. And we hear analysis on Vermont's energy issues from VPR's John Dillon. Plus, we listen back to the voices in the news this week.

The Healthy Weight Initiative recommends ideas the state could explore to encourage healthy lifestyles, and offers suggestions for raising revenue to defray the cost of obesity.

The Attorney General's report on obesity went far beyond recommending a soda tax. Bill Sorrell and Health Commissioner Harry Chen discuss the report's findings and suggestions.

We discuss Vermont's Healthy Weight Initiative with Attorney General Bill Sorrell and Heath Commissioner Harry Chen. Plus, why Vermont has joined in a lawsuit against the NRC over the storage of spent nuclear fuel.  

The Section Chief of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center says obesity in the U.S. has nearly doubled in the last twenty years.

Obesity is rapidly approaching tobacco addiction as the leading preventable public health problem facing Vermonters. We discuss obesity with Dr. Bob McLellan of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Plus, VPR’s Bob Kinzel looks at Governor-elect Peter Shumlin’s new staff. And we get a peak at what goes into the official portrait of Governor Jim Douglas. 

Attorney General Bill Sorrell wants the Legislature to impose a new tax on soda to help combat what Sorrell calls a growing obesity crisis in Vermont.