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Child obesity awareness
Anyone who is fighting this war on a personal level knows obesity is a complex multifaceted issue and more than the simple math of calories in, calories out. Eating healthy and moving more is definitely a huge part but how about rethinking chocolate milk, pizza (considered a vegetable) and french fries (also a vegetable) in schools, not cutting gym and sports programs, making streets and parks safer so families can walk and play in them. Create jobs with wages that don't have people struggling to make ends meet (Little Debbie $1 a box, Pasta $1 a box versus Fish, Chicken, Apples several $'s a pound) and work so many hours that the dollar menu drive thru becomes the option. Stop Government subsidizing of junk food ingredients. Educate people (start in elementary school) about nutrition and portion size. Require insurance coverage of prevention and treatment of obesity versus just the diseases caused by it. Just a start.— September 17, 2012 12:40 p.m.