Tomorrow I’m testifying at a Legislative Informational Hearing on Diabetes and Obesity at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on what works in practice.

It’s not unfamiliar, but still a challenge. I did testify before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aging about the care near the end of life in the 1990s.

Now the time seems right to be part of change about obesity and public policy.

You can read the press release about my appearance, and sneak a quick look at my prepared statement.

I think this will be fun, and hope you’ll find ways to advocate for change not just in school lunches (which California is leading in, within the U.S.), but also in “seat-belt-equivalents” (my term).

Seat belts save more lives than any doctor ever will. We need something like them in obesity and diabetes prevention. What would it be?

Here’s a 90 second viewer success story in diabetes: a viewer of my Chef MD segment on Lifetime TV followed my plan, wrote to me, I encouraged her, and she transformed her life. Gotta love how powerful Susan is.