{"id":145334,"date":"2026-02-05T22:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145334\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:52:06","slug":"florida-lawmakers-propose-bill-to-prevent-obesity-for-state-employees-through-therapy-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145334\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida lawmakers propose bill to prevent obesity for state employees through therapy, medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV\/Florida Capital Bureau) &#8211; Florida lawmakers are working to curb obesity in the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They proposed a bill that would treat and prevent obesity through therapy and weight loss medication. The proposal would also lower the cost of the medication. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-center article-text\">More Florida politics:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rep. Susan Valdes, R-Tampa, said the bill is tailored for state employees and families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey deserve an opportunity to become healthier and realize that obesity is a chronic disease. As well as the importance of serving, you can\u2019t serve if you\u2019re not healthy,\u201d Valdes said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">So far, the bill hasn\u2019t been scheduled for a hearing in either chamber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV\/Florida Capital Bureau) &#8211; Florida lawmakers are working to curb obesity in the state. They proposed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1721,70354,70353,70352,28,25808,70351,99,914,50581,24830,232,234,233,135],"class_list":["post-145334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-capital-city","tag-chronic-disease","tag-comprehensive","tag-evidence-based","tag-florida","tag-florida-lawmakers","tag-obesity","tag-politics","tag-state","tag-state-employees","tag-susan-valdes","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tampa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}