Food!

May 21, 2010

Child obesity is a crisis in this country. Over the last 30 years, child obesity rates have reached historic highs - more than tripling from just 5 percent to nearly 18 percent today. We must make improving child nutrition a top priority. If we fail to get serious about this issue today, we will...

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Food!

May 8, 2010

The most important lesson my mother taught me was that by believing in myself I could handle anything. The confidence she instilled in me has propelled me through my whole career and helped me through many personal and professional challenges. On this Mothers' Day, I salute the mothers of...

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US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Food!

May 6, 2010

Valerie There is not a more helpless feeling than to have your healthy, beautiful 20-year-old daughter call you from 200 miles away and tell you something is physically wrong with her. It is a feeling I know all too well. The symptoms my daughter described to me didn’t resemble anything that a...

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Lauren Bush

Health Care Food!

May 5, 2010

When grocery shopping for my children, I often ask myself, “Is this cereal healthy?” or “Are these carrots organic?” But until recently, I never thought to ask, “Did a 12-year old pick these strawberries?” Child labor is usually portrayed as a problem in poor, distant countries. But hidden in...

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Zama Coursen-Neff

Environmental Health Food!

April 21, 2010

I have heard our school lunches called a lot of things, but never an actual security risk. That's what a group of retired military officers called it since many children today are too overweight to serve in the armed forces. From the Associated Press : "A new report being released Tuesday says more...

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Elisa Batista

Environmental Health Food!

April 19, 2010

When you’re a mom and your child gets seriously ill, it breaks your heart. It makes you mad when you learn that more could have been done to prevent your child’s illness. It makes you determined that no one’s child should be put at risk unnecessarily when provided a basic need for survival – food...

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Leigh Ann Winnard

Food!

April 2, 2010

By now I hope you’ve seen the first two episodes of my new show on ABC, Jamie Ol iver’s Food Revolution. If you’ ve seen it, I hope yo u ’ve realized that this revolution isn’t about me . It’s about you—moms (parents, really) who care about their children—who care about giving them the best...

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Jamie Oliver

Environmental Health Health Care Food!

March 25, 2010

By Michael F. Jacobson, Executive Director Center for Science in the Public Interest A lot of parents notice that the foods our kids eat affect their behavior. Some of those effects are subtle, some less so. Most dads and moms know that sugar and caffeine can have a dramatic impact on behavior, but...

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Mike Jacobson

Health Care Food!

March 23, 2010

On February 24, I attended California Governor Schwarzenegger's Summit on Health, Nutrition, and Obesity: Actions for a Healthy Living, with special guest President Bill Clinton. At the Summit the Governor described his platform for fighting obesity and promoting a healthier California: Restricting...

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Ellen Wu

Paid Family Leave Childcare & Early Education Environmental Health Open Flexible Work Food!

March 12, 2010

...At some point, of course, I realized I wasn’t happy. I was trapped. I had money, but not time. It was like being surrounded by food, and dying of thirst. It turns out that there is a way out of this mess. There are people all over this country–both women and men–who have made a conscious decision to value their time more than their money. Against the formidable current of popular culture, they have decided that this may be the only life they will ever have, and they’re going to live it fully.

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