Healthy People 2020 is a campaign launched by the Department of Health and Human Services, with a focus to improve the health of the nation. Every ten years, they identify new or existing health issues and find ways of improving them. A few of their missions are to educate the public on the current health issues and how they can prevent them, and to provide the public with specific goals and objectives for each major health issue. Since obesity has been a growing health issue for the past few decades, it is included under their topic “Nutrition and Weight Status” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015).
The goal of “Nutrition and Weight Status” is to “Promote health and reduce chronic disease risk through the consumption of
The goal of “Nutrition and Weight Status” is to “Promote health and reduce chronic disease risk through the consumption of