American Heart Association - Ohio
American Heart Association Joins Efforts to Introduce Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Legislation
Published in Physician Law Weekly, December 2nd, 2009
The American Heart Association is joining efforts to decrease and prevent childhood obesity through legislation that is being introduced today in the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives. The Healthy Choices for Healthy Children legislation is co-sponsored by Senator Kevin Coughlin (R-Cuyahoga Falls) and Senator Eric 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.
As a national health leader, the American Heart Association has been working to eliminate childhood obesity and to inspire young people to develop lifelong healthy habits. In May...
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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2009-12-02)
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