Childhood Obesity: Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act

According to Hopkins, in 2004 the number of overweight children aged 6-11 had quadrupled to 18.8%. Childhood Obesity is starting to become a worldwide epidemic, more specifically in Baltimore City. Children are not obtaining the appropriate nutrition at home or in their schools. As of 2010 there was an Act formed called Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, which was created to encourage schools to make available more healthy food choices and to also offer different grades of milk; fruits and vegetables are also offered every meal (Clarke, 2014). This bill, which passed out of House Education and Labor Committee on a bipartisan vote, helps children who are in school, in out-of-school time programs, or in child care by improving their access to food …show more content…
Children’s recess time is steadily being cut due to focusing on their academics and passing standardized test. “Of course, No Child Left Behind also has a lot to do with recess cutbacks, as schools spend increasingly frenetic amounts of time preparing children to pass the standardized test which allegedly reveals their academic preparedness” (Osmols, 2011). By cutting children’s recess time you are limiting children from being physically active and further developing their …show more content…
The possible obstacles that my after school program may face are finding enough sponsors to help fund my program. I plan to go to every restaurant and gym within the neighborhood to tell them about the program and its purpose in order to tackle this obstacle, also getting enough instructors to help teach the different sessions. In order to tackle this possible obstacle I would ask my fellow friends or classmates who are experienced in the particular programs to come and volunteer at the community center. Hopefully after getting a good amount of kids to register for classes, then we can get a payroll going in order to pay the