Chairman Miller Statement on First Lady’s Initiative to End Childhood Obesity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following statement after First Lady Michelle Obama announced her “Let’s Move” initiative to end childhood obesity. Miller will help lead the effort in Congress to reauthorize the federal school meal and child nutrition programs – one of four pillars of the First Lady’s initiative.“The First Lady has set the stage for dramatic improvements in children’s health by lending her leadership, credibility and great ideas to help end the U.S. childhood obesity crisis. Making sure that our school cafeterias serve healthy and nutritious foods and that children and their families have access to these foods will be critical as we work to improve our federal child nutrition laws. Access to affordable, safe and healthier meals should be the rule – not the exception – for children and families across our nation.”
The “Let’s Move” initiative will focus on reaching the goal of ending childhood obesity in four ways: getting parents more involved and informed about nutrition and exercise; making healthy foods more accessible and affordable; increasing attention to physical activity; and improving the quality of food in the school meal programs. The federal school meal programs serve 31 million students each day.
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