title: Obesity epidemic requires federal intervention: "Healthy Kids" key to nation's healthy future.
abstract: The Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 4053) legislation does three things: (1) establishes an office of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Treatment within the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information and promote action on healthy eating, (2) institutes a three-tier system for labeling foods, and (3) enables regulatory action to curb food commercials targeting children.
authors.affiliation: U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515, USA. marcia.knutson@mail.house.gov
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D035082:Federal Government; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult