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		<title>Day Two Wrap-Up: Healthy Kids, Healthy Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What a day!  We&#8217;ve just concluded the second and final full day (see day one highlights) of the Nemours conference, Healthy Kids, Healthy Future. The site has featured:

How the Head Start program can promote health
Jim Sallis&#8217; thoughts on how to incorporate physical activity into kids&#8217; days
Under Secretary Concannon&#8217;s call for innovation
An a-ha moment from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Much-Needed Policy Perspective</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, conference participants were joined by a panel of representatives from the White House and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, who heard participant’s priorities and offered their own feedback.
Martha Coven, director of the White House Office of Mobility and Opportunities, Dan Christenson, professional staff member of Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln, and Kate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Chat with Bill Dietz</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Bill Dietz is director of the Department of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the CDC.
On Vilsack’s speech:

“He hit the high points. It’s great that the Child Nutrition Act and the Child and Adult Care Food Program are on his priority list.”

On the issue of childcare and obesity prevention:

“We’ve elevated this issue to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ah-Ha Moment: We can&#8217;t be Intimidated</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“At first, it was daunting to me,” recalls Margo Wootan, describing the challenge of improving nutrition and physical activity for kids in childcare.   Wootan, director of Nutrition Policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said it was a matter of fragmentation.
“You can’t pass one law and fix the food and the physical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does 6 Cents Buy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six cents. When the California Department of Education (DoE) and California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA) started working together to help childcare providers offer kids healthier foods, they supported a six cent increase in the state reimbursement rate for each meal, to enable providers to buy more fruits and vegetables, offer healthier cereal and make other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeding America’s Hungry and Reducing Levels of Obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services in the United States Department of Agriculture, explained the goal that he, USDA Secretary Vilsack and President Obama share:
“We’re very deeply committed to trying to feed hungry children and adults in this country.  But we want to have a positive impact on reducing obesity in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: Jim Sallis on Physical Activity and Childcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Sallis is the author of this post.  Sallis is the director of Active Living Research.
I have three reactions to the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future conference thus far:
1. We had a lesson in how easy it is to integrate physical activity into routines.  Mary Story called for a quick activity break to perk up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Head Start to Jump Start the Health of U.S. Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Head Start, which provides federal grants for child development to economically disadvantaged children and families, serves more than 900,000 children in America each year.  According to Katrina Holt, director of the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center at Georgetown University, it could be the perfect place to pilot new programs that promote health.
“Head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day Two Begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to day two of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Future conference here in Washington, D.C.  We&#8217;re under way with the first panel, which looks at opportunities for states to promote wellness in early care and education.  Tune in for all-day coverage of the proceedings and contribute your thoughts in the comments.  You can find yesterday&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day One Wrap-Up: Healthy Kids, Healthy Future</title>
		<link>http://healthykidshealthyfuture.com/2009/09/23/day-one-wrap-up-healthy-kids-healthy-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all who joined us for the first day of live coverage from Healthy Kids, Healthy Future.  We heard from experts, listened to productive group discussion and wrote a variety of posts on obesity and childcare.  The blog covered:

President Obama’s request to Secretary Vilsack: “I want our children to have more nutritious food”
Why one [...]]]></description>
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