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Nutrition and Overweight
One objective is to reduce the proportion of children and adolescence who are overweight and obese. According to the
Progress Quotient Chart, 6-19 years old has negatively gone away from target by 83%.
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Progress:
My objective has not met or exceeded it's target.
Progress Toward Healthy People 2010 Targets
Disparities:
Overweight and obesidity has declined within Mexican American and black non-Hispanic children between the ages of 6-11 years old. However, for children 6-19 years olds, the prevalence was 50% lower in white non-Hispanic populations than the Mexican American and black non-Hispanic populations combined.
Progress Toward Elimination of Health Disparities
Opportunities and Challenges:
A few tools are being implemented with trying to reverse the affects of overweight and obesity rates in children. One of them is the dietary guidelines have been revised in the
Food Guidance System MyPyramid. Another tool is to educate the public (children) on the food label to demonstrate choosing healthier diets.
Food Labeling and Nutrition Education Tools
Emerging Issues:
The best way to implement reduced obesity rates is simply by prevention. By educating and putting in the positive effects on having a healthy diet with advertising and making actions are great ways to promote the importance of nutrition. Because obesity rates have increased, they have developed a couple new treatment options, pharmaceuticals and bariatric surgery.
Emerging Issues
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H.CON.RES.11
Title: Recognizing the disproportionate impact of the global food crisis on children in the developing world.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Recommendation: Vote yes for H.CON.RES.11 Recognizing the disproportionate impact of the global food crisis on children in the developing world.
My Political Representative: Congressman
Anthony "Tony" Sertich
