Taking on Childhood Obesity
The Diane Rehm Show
Broadcast: February 11, 2010
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One out of three American children is overweight or obese. Details of First Lady Michelle Obama's new initiative to improve the way American children eat and play.
Guests
- Maya Rockeymoore, president and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, a social change strategy firm based in Washington, and director of Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Paul Campos, professor, University of Colorado School of Law; author, "The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health."
- Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Related Link: Leadership for Healthy Communities.
The Diane Rehm Show is produced at WAMU 88.5 and distributed by National Public Radio, NPR Worldwide, and SIRIUS satellite radio.
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Taking on Childhood Obesity
The Diane Rehm Show
Broadcast: February 11, 2010
Listen to the program
One out of three American children is overweight or obese. Details of First Lady Michelle Obama's new initiative to improve the way American children eat and play.
Guests
- Maya Rockeymoore, president and CEO of Global Policy Solutions, a social change strategy firm based in Washington, and director of Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Paul Campos, professor, University of Colorado School of Law; author, "The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health."
- Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Related Link: Leadership for Healthy Communities.
The Diane Rehm Show is produced at WAMU 88.5 and distributed by National Public Radio, NPR Worldwide, and SIRIUS satellite radio.
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