Children's Health Crisis

The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey released a  troubling report this week on the cardiovascular health of American adolescents. The most troubling statistic of all is the fact that zero of the 5,450 adolescents surveyed had an ideal diet. This obviously play a huge role in the rise of childhood and adolescent obesity in this country over the past several decades.

Within this context, it is equally troubling the Congress has not stepped to the forefront to combat this health issue. Instead they have done the opposite. Please follow this Washington Post link to a blog post the discusses the fact that Congress has recently voted to allow pizza to count as a vegetable on school menu's across the country. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/move-over-ketchup-pizza-is-a-vegetable/2011/11/16/gIQAk1okRN_blog.html



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