First Lady Michelle Obama has announced guidelines regarding the new “Let’s Move” campaign, which is intended to promote healthy living habits to reduce childhood obesity rates. The program will entail recommendations to parents, children and schools regarding healthy eating, physical activity and nutrition education. “This report also contains these steps, but many others -– more than 70 -– including measurable benchmarks for tracking the progress. So if we do our jobs, and if we meet…
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Soda taxes ineffective at combating obesity
States’ most recent efforts in combating childhood obesity by placing taxes on sugary beverages, such as soda, are shown to be ineffective.
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