NEWSLINK: Shape Up Sochi

[“Shape Up Sochi” – Wall Street Journal – Betsy McKay – SOCHI – February 11, 2014 – http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2014/02/11/shape-up-sochi/]

The Wall Street Journal covers efforts to use the Sochi Olympics to encourage health and fitness among Russians.

The Olympics are supposed to inspire people to shape up and go for their inner gold, right?

In Russia, that’s a big “if.” A quarter of men here die before they’re 55, largely from drinking too much vodka. More than 60% of men and 22% of women over 15 smoke.

Stats like that are precisely what has prompted a local organization called “Choice” to set up a health expo on a sidewalk in downtown Sochi during the Games, just across the street from a long ticket line for Olympic events. …

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