Obama Signs Child Nutrition Bill to Help Combat Obesity

President Barack Obama (D) has signed the Healthy, Hungry-Free Kids Act of
2010 into law, calling the bipartisan legislation “vitally important to the health
and welfare of our kids and to our country.” Details about the bill appear in
Issue 374 of this Update.

“We’re seeing this problem in every part of our country in kids from all
different backgrounds and all walks of life,” the president said in a statement.
“As a result, doctors are now starting to see conditions like high blood pressure,
high cholesterol and Type II diabetes in children—these are things that
they only used to see in adults. And this bill is about reversing that trend and
giving our kids the healthy futures that they deserve.” See White House Press
Release, December 13, 2010.