The campaigning is over, but 68th District Representative Dave Baker is still out blazing the trail – and this time, he’s talking health and fitness.

“Live Well Geary County is one of the programs that Geary County is moving on right now and I’ve been part of the committee on that and it’s an exciting program, it’s a big change in eating habits and living well in Geary County,” said Baker.

Changing the attitudes surrounding healthy eating will be a lofty task, one that Baker said is very much needed in the community.”We’ve always grown up with soda pop and cake and ice cream and fast foods and comfort woods, we need to get people back out into the dirt, working in the garden and eating healthier.”

Baker adds that people need to decrease time spent on computers, cell phones and watching television and get out and be more active.

Geary County was recently ranked as the most food insecure county in the state with 1 in 5 people experiencing hunger, but Geary County was also amongst the highest fast food restaurants per capita in the state.

One out of every three adults were obese in Kansas in 2015 – a trend that is increasing over the years.