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We Can! Program: That provides children with healthy foods in order to decrease obesity

We Can! Program: That provides children with healthy foods in order to decrease obesity By: Rachel Bonanni. Community Need Worksheet http://www.measureofamerica.org/. Literature Review. Article#1: Confronting Childhood Obesity Has become an epidemic in the last 30 years

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We Can! Program: That provides children with healthy foods in order to decrease obesity

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  1. We Can! Program: That provides children with healthy foods in order to decrease obesity By: Rachel Bonanni

  2. Community Need Worksheethttp://www.measureofamerica.org/

  3. Literature Review Article#1: Confronting Childhood Obesity Has become an epidemic in the last 30 years Has risen 16% since which is a 300% increase Life expectancy in theyounger generation is expected to decrease by 5 years due to being overweight Article#2: Preventing Childhood Obesity through State Policy: Qualitative Assessment of Enablers and Barriers As obesity climbs legislatures have been attempting to come up with programs in order to prevent this increase and reversing the trends Article #3: Childhood Obesity Children who are formula fed are more likely to become obese Energy intake of preschoolers have declined Due to our nations reduction of healthy choices this has increased

  4. Works Cited Confronting Childhood Obesity Senator Sam Brownback Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 615, Overweight and Obesity in America's Children: Causes, Consequences, Solutions (Jan., 2008), pp. 219-221 Preventing Childhood Obesity through State Policy: Qualitative Assessment of Enablers and Barriers Elizabeth A. Dodson, Chris Fleming, Tegan K. Boehmer, Debra Haire-Joshu, Douglas A. Luke and Ross C. BrownsonJournal of Public Health Policy, Vol. 30, Supplement 1: Connecting Active Living Research to Policy Solutions (2009), pp. S161-S176 Childhood Obesity Carol Campbell, Russell Viner, Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Dasha Nicholls, Deborah Christie, Colin Guthrie, Joyce Carter, Annette Lyons, VasiliyVlassov, GemaFrühbeck, I. F. Comaish, C. Gorman and N. R. Galloway BMJ: British Medical Journal, Vol. 320, No. 7246 (May 20, 2000), pp. 1401-1403

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