Childhood Obesity: A Growing Problem in Maryland Better Food and More Exercise in Schools Key Strategies
Obesity has doubled in Maryland over the past 20 years, and nearly one-third of youth are obese, with significant consequences for health and the State’s finances. Key strategies to combating childhood obesity include improving school lunches, mandating physical education in schools, making healthier food available in low-income neighborhoods, reducing watching of television and increasing access to parks. Maryland has already begun to use these strategies and can expand them statewide.
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