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Posted on Apr 6th 2007 12:00PM by Bethany SandersFiled Under: Healthy Habits, Healthy Kids, Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment, Nutrition & Supplements
What can a half a billion dollars buy you? The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is hoping it buys a little hope for the future, and the foundation has committed the money toward fighting childhood obesity. The money is available in grant form to anyone who has a program that will help children and families develop healthy lifestyle habits.
Some say $500 million is a drop in the bucket when it comes to the worldwide issue of childhood obesity, while others say it will make a significant initial impact. Citing examples like Arkansas, which slowed it's high-climbing obesity rates with an obesity initiative, experts say that funding state-run programs in addition to teaching parents how to develop healthy habits at home can go a long way toward helping the next generation reverse this trend.
Others point out the fact that the food industry needs to step up and do their share before any real work can begin, and that their participation may "make or break efforts." It's awesome to see a donation of this magnitude and I hope that, working together, this can be the beginning of the end of childhood obesity.
Some say $500 million is a drop in the bucket when it comes to the worldwide issue of childhood obesity, while others say it will make a significant initial impact. Citing examples like Arkansas, which slowed it's high-climbing obesity rates with an obesity initiative, experts say that funding state-run programs in addition to teaching parents how to develop healthy habits at home can go a long way toward helping the next generation reverse this trend.
Others point out the fact that the food industry needs to step up and do their share before any real work can begin, and that their participation may "make or break efforts." It's awesome to see a donation of this magnitude and I hope that, working together, this can be the beginning of the end of childhood obesity.
