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Childhood-Obesity Legislative Group Offers Four Ideas for Improving Kids'
Fitness
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Childhood-Obesity Legislative Group Offers Four Ideas for Improving Kids'
Fitness
By Doug Grow
03/11/14
MinnPost
http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2014/03/
childhood-obesity-legislative-group-offers-four-ideas-improving-kids-fitness
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/ndptfb8
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Going back to the presidencies of Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy,
there's been concern about the fitness of young Americans.
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But unlike a half-century ago, partisanship has made even the subject of
fitness difficult to deal with.
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Woe be the pol who steps forward with aggressive approaches to a fitter
society, such as mandates calling for more physical education classes and
more stringent labeling of foods. In today's political climate, those
would be seen as encroachment of big government.
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So pols walk softly around the subject of American softness.
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For example in Minnesota, there's a little legislative group, the
Childhood Obesity Legislative Working Group that is trying to improve the
health of the state's kids without being controversial.
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On Monday, the group came forward with its proposals for the session:
o Support the Safe Routes to School program with $6 million in bonding for
infrastructure, including sidewalks and improved pedestrian crossings.
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o Require the Department of Education to prepare a report on the status
of physical education in the state's schools, which includes the quality
and quantity of physical education.
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o Expand access to free school lunches by eliminating the 40-cent fee
currently paid by those who qualify for reduced lunches.
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o Provide $65,000 for the Amateur Sports Commission Childhood Obesity
program.
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Such mellow - and inexpensive - efforts should offend no one, which by
necessity is the goal of the Legislative Working Group.
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"We work to come to agreement on things in our group,'' said Rep. Kim
Norton, DFL-Rochester. "We're trying to not be controversial.''
The group, which has been around since 2009, aspires to represent both the
House and Senate and be bipartisan, although this year the bipartisan
aspect is a bit of a stretch. Of the nine members, eight are DFLers.
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The lone Republican - Rep. Bob Dettmer, R-Forest Lake - is a perfect fit.
He is an Army reservist and a retired physical education teacher, and he
is old enough to recall when Kennedy did such things as write a cover
story for Sports Illustrated about the sad shape of American youth.
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