NPLAN
National Policy and Legal Analysis Network To Prevent Childhood Obesity
About NPLAN
The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN) provides leaders in the childhood obesity prevention field with focused legal research, model policies, fact sheets, toolkits, training and technical assistance to explain legal issues related to public health. Our goal is to help create strong childhood obesity policy interventions that will reverse the epidemic by 2015.
NPLAN Updates
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Free Webinar: September 21, 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET / 10:00 - 11:30 am PT Register NowToday almost one-third of children in the United States are obese or overweight. Many studies have demonstrated a link between obesity and the consumption of sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). According to nutritional standards, sugar-sweetened beverages such as non-diet soft drinks,...
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Childhood Obesity News Digest
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Q:Of all the health topics you can tackle, why childhood obesity?
A:Since 1980, obesity has doubled in adults and tripled in children. That, to me, is just astonishing. ... I certainly understand what parents are going through. They're very busy, and trying to juggle all these balls and keep them in the air is very hard. But the real thing is the long-term effects -- the heart disease, diabetes, the strokes, that as a doctor, I would be seeing in the next 10 years. That was really, really frightening.
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Maine employers are already coping with rising costs related to overweight and obese workers. But they are in for a lot more if youth obesity rates stay as high as they are now, according to new research by the University of New England.
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American children are seeing fewer TV ads for candy and beverages, but more fast food commercials, finds a new study.
Editor’s Note: This study was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its program Bridging the Gap.