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Georgia's New State Health Plan Is Google

Posted by kdawson on from the step-away-from-the-computer-screen dept.

theodp writes "In yet another case of life imitating Dilbert, the State of Georgia has issued a press release touting how helpful Google products will be in getting Georgians to go outdoors. According to the release and a follow-up Yo-State-So-Fat Official Google Blog post, this includes AdWords, Analytics, Maps, Earth, Picasa, Gadgets and a branded YouTube channel for the GO Georgia initiative 'We're thrilled that Google has joined us in the effort to help everyone in the state lead a healthier life,' said Sally Winchester, a manager for Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites. 'At Google, we are committed to helping our employees lead healthy lives,' added Maureen Schumacher, a Google regional sales director. 'We are very excited that Google products will be used as part of this effort to improve the health and well-being of all Georgians.'"

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  1. so what? by CaptainNerdCave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    so what if it's shameless promotion? the important thing is that the georgia administration is going against the status quo and admitting there _is_ a problem. i hope this gives other states (particularly southern states) the courage to go forward with health initiatives. with 1/4 of its adult population considered obese (as of mid-late 2007 http://vaccine-ophobia.blogspot.com/2007/08/georgia-14th-in-ranking-of-adult.html), this will hopefully start opening eyes and turning heads

  2. cutting corners by icepick72 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sounds like Georgia wants some free hosting and free tools and will only have to pay a web integration salary instead of a developer ... why the hell not?

  3. Re:Georgians won't go outdoors? by C-Shalom · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'll second that.
    Except for the part of living in Georgia, I live in Atlanta. There's a BIG difference.

  4. Re:14th Most Obese in Country by digitalgiblet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The delicious irony of it all is that Gwinnett is now the most ethnically diverse region of the state due to immigration...

    This is one of my favorite things about Gwinnett. I have friends on my street from Nigeria, Liberia, China, Mexico, Korea and India (and there are only about 20 houses on our street). We have a very close knit neighborhood and my kids get play with kids with very diverse backgrounds.

    I work in the city of Atlanta and we hear a lot about "diversity". Their definition of "diversity" is African Americans working with Caucasian Americans. Pretty narrow view of diversity in my book...