President Pena-Nieto of Mexico has a lot of problems: a) out of control teachers unions who create traffic jams when anyone challenges their corrupt monopoly; b) deadly explosions in Michoacan, the new ground zero of the cartel war; c) importing gasoline from the US because PEMEX does not have enough refineries; and now a new one, d) a very bad case of obesity in Mexico. According to news reports, Mexico is fat: "Seven in 10 adults are either overweight or obese in Mexico, while one-third of the country's children fall in that category, according to official figures. Mexico now has a higher rate of overweight people than the United States, and it also has the highest prevalence of diabetes among the 34-nation Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development. Presenting his national strategy to prevent obesity and diabetes, Mr Pena Nieto said the health ministry will open an "observatory" to monitor and respond to the problem." So he wants Mexicans to walk...(Read Full Post)