The 13-member task force, chaired by Dr. Bruce Goldberg, director of the Oregon Department of Human Services, was created by the 2007 Legislature to study obesity prevention and treatment and to develop ways to decrease the burden of obesity in Oregon.

The group includes Senators. Margaret Carter and Jeff Kruse and Reps. Tina Kotek and Scott Bruun as well as university experts and state health officials.

This task force is charged with drafting a proposal to the legislature by October. For more information please go to the site listed below.