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4B LIFE/ lE^t C^irtette Thursday August 25, 2005 IndiaArie is featured along with Ashley Judd in AIDS documentary VIE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Soul singer India Arie is hoping viewers will be moved to action after watching VHl’s upcoming documentary, “Tracking the Monster,” in which she and actress Ashley Judd visit sep arate African countries grap pling with the phght of AIDS. “It’s what the power of this piece is, because I intel lectually heard the numbers and knew that Africa was being devastated, but when you see it, you only need to see a portion of it and then multiply it in your mind,” IndiaArie told The Associated Press after a pri vate screening of the film on Ibesday “Seeing it just made it much mon^ real.” India.Arie — who added the period in her name for aesthetic purposes — visited poverty-stricken sections of Arie Kenya and met with people infected with AIDS or the HIV-virus and comforted chil dren orphaned by the dis ease. Judd visited the island of Madagascar and talked with women in prostitution about safe sex. In one heartbreaking scene, India.Arie asks a 14-year-old girl if she could have any thing in the world, what would she want. The girl, an orphan, tells the singer she wants to come home with her, and bursts into tears. “She was the same age as my sister,” the 29-year-old said. T was not only feeling for her but also feeling that there were millions of girls like her. I can’t take home a million girls, I can’t take home one. What would I do with a teenage daughter? ... It’s a profound conflict, because I really could bring her home but I couldn’t.” The singer says she’s frus trated the continent hasn’t received more help in its fight against AIDS: “It’s not fair to me. It’s not fair tliat people ignore AIDS in Afiica because it’s Afiica. It’s not fair. If it was Eastern Europe or the lighter the ethnic group, I think the more help they would get.” The experience inspired India.Arie to write songs about her experi^ce. Some of them will be featured on her new, dual-album project; one album will be released in the fall and another a few months later. India.Arie thinks the new material may lead people to criticize her for being too ide alistic, but she doesn’t care. “I’ve given up the whole fear of being called earnest because I am earnest and my music is earnest at times, and that’s O.K.,” she said. “The songs that Fve written about Afiica, and AIDS and HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those songs, Fm gonna sing them because I know that it’s real.” On the Net: \vww.vhl /rom Obesity is growing in nearly every state, especially down South VIE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON-Like a lot of people, the nation’s weight problem is settling below its waistline. The states with the hipest percentages of obese adults are mostly in the South: Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana and Tfennessee. In the entire nation, only Oregon isn’t getting fatter. Some 22.7 percent of Ameiican adults were obese in the 2002-04 period, up slightly fiom 22 percent for 2001-03, says the advocacy group Triist for America’s Health, citing data fixun the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alabama had the biggest increase. There, the obesity rate increased 1.5 percentage points to 27.7 percent. Eight states came in under 20 percent: Colorado, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, •Vermont, Montana, Utah and New Hampshire. But their figures were all rising. Or^on held steady at 21 per cent. Hawaii was not included in the group s report Tuesday While certain regions of the country fared worse than oth ers, particularly the Southeast, the organization said that no state met the fed eral government’s goal of a 15 percent obesity rate for adults by 2010. An adult with a body mass index of 30 or more is consid ered obese The equation used to figure body mass index is body wei^t in kilo grams divided by height in meters squared. The mea surement is not a good indi cator of obesity for muscular people who exercise a lot. “Bulging waistlines are growing and it’s going to cost taxpayers more dollars regardless of where you live,” said SheUey Heame, the organization’s executive director. Why the geographic pat terns? Expels don’t have any one clear answer. Some sug gest that urban sprawl plays a role. Others say it’s easier to find a burger and files than apples and asparagus in poor communities. Dr. Delia West, a professor of public health in Arkansas, said demographics play a part. The South has a laiger percentage of minorities, who have shown an increased risk for obesity. She said Southerns also tend to lead a more sedentary lifestyle than their coimterparts in states such as Colorado or Oregon. People will find fewer jogging trails in Little Rock than in Denver, she said. Also, the Southern diet probably plays a role, said West, a professor' at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. “We know the difference between purple hulled peas and speckled butter beans,” she said. “But we make them with baccm fat or salt pork, so even though we’re getting the micronutrients, it often comes laden with these extra calories.” Heame said the United States is stuck in a “debate limbo” about how to confix>nt obesity. She urged govern ment action on several fix)nts, such as ensuring that land use plans promote physical activity, that school lunch programs serve more health ful meals, and that Medicaid recipients get access to subsi dized fitness programs, such as aerobics classes at the local YMCA. Radley Balko, a policy ana- Your ad is missing. You can find it here with a phone call to The Post. Advertise in Clie Cliarlottc ^ost today Murdock- Gant Tia Angelica Murdock and Frank Gant were married at 4:30 pm , Sunday April 17th, 2005 at Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church, Monsignor Mauricio West offi ciated. The reception followed at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, N.C. |The bride is the daughter of Miles E. and Sandra Murdock lof Charlotte, and the grand- Idaughter of the late Abbie Jean I Prudent and the late Carl H. iRussell, Sr. of Winston-Salem, N.C. and the late Milas F. iMurdock and Christine Tate iMurdock of Landis, N.C. iThe groom is the son of Frank H. Gant and the late Delores M. Gant of Winston-Salem and the grandson of the late Thomas Mack and Louisiana Mack of Martinsville, VA and the late Benjamin Gant and Sara Gant of Danville, yA. The Maid of Honor was Veronica Badgett. Bridesmaids were Berma Sawyer, Tiszara Prunty, Kristie Bennett and Chanel Scott and Alexandra Badgett was the flowergirl. The Best Man was Hank Perry. Groomsmen were Chris Campbell, Dederick Lowry, Darryl Stephens, Scottie McCollough and Malcolm Shaw was the ring bearer. Cedra Russell, Chloe Russell and Michelle Sermon were the Hostesses and Daniel Berry, Torre Jessup, Charles Brown and Will Thompson were Ushers. Tia earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice from UNC- Charlotte in 1995. She is currently a Flight Attendant for American Airlines. Frank studied at the U.S. Army Military Academy and the University of Phoenix. He is currently Government Accounts Manager for Charlotte Copy Data Network. The newlyweds honeymooned in Rio De Janerio, Brazil and will remain in residence in Charlotte, N.C. ■ Wi^ Cliarlotte is the voice of the Who What When and Where of the black community Founded in 1878 -the oldest newspaper in Charlotte N.C. lyst at the Cato Institute, said he was wary of the call for more government action on obesity The institute is a think tank that prefers fi:ee- market approadies to prob lems. T think obesity is a v^y personal issue. What you eat and how often you exercise, if that comes vsdthin the gov ernment’s purview, it’s diffi cult to think of what’s left that isn’t,” Balko said. Health i)ohcy analysts maintain that obesity increases the burden on tax payers because it requires the Medicare and Medicaid pro grams to cover the treatm^it of diseases caused by obesity The report issued Ihesday said taxpayers spent $39 bil lion in 2003 for the treatment of conditions attributable to obesity Balko said it’s not clear the government really knows how to persuade people to make better decisions. He said open-ended entitlement prc^ams, such as Medicaid* and Medicare, don’t provide much of a financial incentive for people to watch their wei^t. The government just picks up the cost of treating diseases for those patients, regardless of the amounts, he said. He prefers that the govern ment give Medicaid and Medicare recipients an incen tive to open medical savings accoimts, which would allow them to save money when they do not access the health care system. “If they knew they only had so much to spend, or what they did not spend could be saved, then maybe you could instill a certain sense of responsibihty and owner ship,” Balko said. On the Net: Trust for America’s Health: wH’wJiealihyamericansjorg Drive away to... Historic Savannah, Georgia Sh^ommaJl ■ Presents ■ "Spcciaf PmA^u' Suite and Double/King Packages Available That Include: Two Nights accommodations, Breakfast Buffet Two Mornings, Trolley Tour of the Historic District Daily Tea Time, Taxes, Gratuities and Parking Call today for our specials: 912-238-1200 Fax 912-236-2184 601 East Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401 WWW,savannahhotel.com Savannah, Georgia...Its intriguing past gives the city a unique grace. 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