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Bill Clinton's Plan to Fight Obesity in Kids
February 13, 2006
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and former President Bill Clinton have developed a plan in hopes of fighting childhood obesity in America. The alliance plans to work with food suppliers to provide low-cost healthy meals and snacks for students, and sporting goods suppliers to provide lower cost athletics equipment. The program will initially work with 253 schools in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
More than 9 million U.S. children over the age of 6 are considered obese, and during the past three decades, obesity rates tripled among U.S. children aged 6 to 11, according to data from the Johnson Foundation.
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