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Improving Child Nutrition Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity

Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | 2175 Rayburn H.O.B Washington, DC, | May 14, 2009 10:00am

On Thursday, May 14, the Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), held a hearing to examine how improvements to child nutrition programs can help fight the nation’s childhood obesity crisis.

Child nutrition experts across the board agree that childhood obesity poses the greatest threats to the nation’s physical and financial health. Today, one-third of U.S. children and adolescents, about 25 million, are obese or overweight. Child nutrition programs provide children with access to low-cost, nutritious food to support healthy growth and development.

Opening Statements

Carolyn McCarthy (NY)

Witnesses

U.S. Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE)

U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)

Michele Paterson, First Lady of New York
New York City & Albany, NY

Susan P. Byrnes, Founder
Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center
York, PA

Nancy Copperman, Director
Public Health Initiatives Office of Community Health
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
Great Neck, NY

Reginald Felton, Federal Relations Director
National School Boards Association
Alexandria, VA

Dr. Virginia A. Stallings, MD, Chair
Institutes of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs

Lorrene Davis Ritchie, PhD, RD, Director of Research
Atkins Center for Weight and Health
Berkeley, CA

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