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Reducing Childhood Obesity In America Through National Legislation, Sailee A. Joshi
Reducing Childhood Obesity In America Through National Legislation, Sailee A. Joshi
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According to the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, the American childhood obesity rate has increased threefold within the past 25 years, a trend accompanied by increasing rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, and even mortality. Obesity has grown so prevalent, in fact, that Centers for Disease Control estimate that one in three American children is obese. According to the Chan School of Public Health, unless legislation directly targeting America’s spiraling obesity rate is passed, the trend shows no signs of slowing or reversing.
Passing effective legislation requires a both an understanding …