Here are the major elements of Michelle Obama’s campaign to combat obesity as reported in the news media:
She proposed that the Food and Drug Administration work with food manufacturers and retailers to make food labels more “customer-friendly.” The non-alcoholic beverage industry has said it will start putting caloric information on the front of its products.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is encouraging doctors to monitor children’s body-mass index, which is a calculation of height and weight used to measure body fat. The AAP president stated the obesity problem needs a national solution.
Serve more healthy foods in schools. Congress is due to rewrite the Child Nutrition Act this year, and the Obama Administration is asking lawmakers to spend $10 billion over the next decade to give schools more money to make needed changes. More than 31 million children get meals through the Federal School Lunch Program, and many youngsters consume up to half their daily calorie total at school.
The First Lady’s program advocated offering $400 million in tax breaks to encourage grocery stores to establish outlets in “food desert areas” where there are limited supplies of nutritious food or a lack of Farmers’ Markets – a step that would require Congressional action.
Set up a Web site – www.letsmove.gov - with shopping tips, a recipe finder and other resources.
Finally, something that we have long been promoting: Encourage children to exercise at least one hour a day.
~Wid
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