Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Coalition
Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Legislation Introduced to Fight Childhood Obesity in Ohio
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, December 3rd, 2009
A bi-partisan effort to decrease and prevent childhood obesity was introduced today in the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives, with the strong support of the Healthy Choices for Healthy Children coalition. The Healthy Choices for Healthy Children legislation is co-sponsored by Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls) and Senator Eric H. Kearney (D-Cincinnati) in the Ohio Senate. Representatives John Patrick Carney (D-Columbus) and Lynn Wachtmann (R-Napoleon) are co-sponsoring the bill in the Ohio House.
"One in three children born in Ohio is overweight by the age of eight," said Senator Coughlin. "Ohio simply cannot afford to ignore the short- and long-term...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-12-03)
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