On Thursday, May 14, the Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), will hold a hearing to examine how improvements to child nutrition programs can help fight the nation’s childhood obesity crisis.
Child nutrition experts across the board agree that childhood obesity poses the greatest threats to the nation’s physical and financial health. Today, one-third of U.S. children and adolescents, about 25 million, are obese or overweight. Child nutrition programs provide children with access to low-cost, nutritious food to support healthy growth and development.
Child nutrition experts across the board agree that childhood obesity poses the greatest threats to the nation’s physical and financial health. Today, one-third of U.S. children and adolescents, about 25 million, are obese or overweight. Child nutrition programs provide children with access to low-cost, nutritious food to support healthy growth and development.
Witnesses:
- U.S. Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE)
- U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
- Michele Paterson First Lady of New York New York City & Albany, NY
- Susan P. Byrnes Founder Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center York, PA
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Nancy Copperman
Director
Public Health Initiatives Office of Community Health North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Great Neck, NY - Reginald Felton Federal Relations Director National School Boards Association Alexandria, VA
- Dr. Virginia A. Stallings, MD Chair Institutes of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
- Lorrene Davis Ritchie, PhD, RD Director of Research Atkins Center for Weight and Health Berkeley, CA
