What You Can Do To Fight Childhood Obesity

With nearly 33% of children in America considered to be overweight or obese - a rate that has tripled in adolescents and more than doubled in younger children since 1980 - an Obama Administration task force recently established a goal of reducing the childhood obesity rate to just 5% by 2030, less than a generation away.
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Facts About Childhood Obesity

According to C & R's Youth Beat, kids eat at a restaurant 2.5 times a month. In an average 30-day month, there are 150 meal occasions:
- 30 Breakfasts
- 30 Lunches
- 30 Dinners
- 60 Snacks (at twice a day)
If kids are only going to restaurants 2-3 times a month, they account for only 2 percent of all meal occasions.
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President Bill Clinton Honors 179 U.S. Schools

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, today recognized 179 schools that have transformed their campuses into healthier places for students and staff.
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Yahoo! Finance Posts ObesitySolvers.com Press Release: Cutler Responds to Federal Trade Commission’s 48 Subpoenas Issued to Companies Marketing Food to Children & Adolescents

A recent press release from obesitysolvers.com which highlighted Bob Cutler’s response  to the Federal Trade Commission’s 48 subpoenas issued to companies marketing food to children and adolescents was posted by Yahoo! Finance.

According to the press release, Bob Cutler, CEO of Creative Consumer Concepts (C3), said that the federal government should not be able to limit the rights of advertisers, consumers or anyone who wants to choose what they want to eat.

“The U.S. government is marching again to restrict our rights. These subpoenas are a sure way for the government to restrict advertisers. The result of this effort will undoubtedly be government intervention and potential regulation,” Cutler said.

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