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News from your Executive Director
Week ending May 14, 2010
Presidential Task Force Report Released
Dear Friends:
Since we launched Let’s Move! in February, we have been so encouraged by the outpouring of ideas and support we’ve received from individuals and organizations across the country. And today, I am very proud to release the action plan from our Interagency Childhood Obesity Task Force, Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation. This report provides a national road map that will help us solve the epidemic of childhood obesity in a generation so that children born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight.
For the first time, we’re setting measurable goals, benchmarks, and outcomes to help us tackle this challenge one child, one family, and one community at a time. We want to marshal every resource – public and private sector, mayors and governors, parents and educators, business owners and health care providers, coaches and athletes – to ensure that we are providing each and every child the happy, healthy future they deserve.
This action plan focuses and expands on what we can do together to:
- Create a healthy start on life for our children, from pregnancy through early childhood
- Empower parents and caregivers to make healthy choices for their families
- Serve healthier food in schools
- Ensure access to healthy, affordable food
- Increase opportunities for physical activity
Your work on this issue has been crucial to getting us to this point, and that’s why I wanted to make sure you have a copy of the full report. We know that we cannot meet these goals without your continued efforts and input. So, thank you again for all of your support and I look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead. Now, Let’s Move!
Sincerely,
Michelle Obama
Related Call to Action from the NANA Coalition:
The White House released a strong and comprehensive report on childhood obesity today, which you can find at http://www.letsmove.gov/tfco_fullreport_may2010.pdf.
The Administration has laid out a comprehensive strategy that if made a national priority and implemented should reduce obesity. From urging companies to improve restaurant children's meals and reduce unhealthy food marketing to getting good food in and junk food out of schools, the recommendations are bold, yet achievable.
Straight away, Congress could deliver on many of the Task Force recommendations by completing the child nutrition reauthorization. With one day's attention, the Senate could pass the Agriculture Committee's bill, which would provide a historic increase in school lunch funding, get junk food out of vending machines, and help schools implement stronger nutrition and physical activity wellness policies.
Please urge your Senators to help; ask them to sign on to the letter being circulated by Senators Lincoln and Chambliss, which asks Senate leadership to vote on the child nutrition bill as soon as possible.
U.S. ED’S OII IS SEEKING SKILLED PROFESSIONALS TO SERVE AS PEER REVIEWERS FOR THE PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS PLANNING GRANT COMPETITION
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement is Seeking Skilled Professionals to Serve as Peer Reviewers for the Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grant Competition.
Promise Neighborhoods is intended to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children in our most distressed communities.
Because the challenges faced by communities with high concentrations of poverty are interrelated, Promise Neighborhoods is taking a comprehensive approach designed to ensure that children have access to a continuum of cradle-through-college-to-career solutions, with strong schools at the center that will support academic achievement, healthy development, and college and career success.
More information about Promise Neighborhoods and the opportunity to serve as a peer reviewer can be found at our website: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html.
If you are interested in serving as a peer reviewer, please complete the reviewer checklist and send it along with a cover letter and resume to pnpeerreview@ed.gov before Tuesday, June 1st.
Position Open at CDC
The Research Application Branch Health Scientist position (12/13) related to HIV/STD/Teen Pregnancy Prevention is now on-line. The position closes on May 26thth. A short description is pasted below. Please forward to anyone you think may be interested.
The incumbent searches, analyzes, synthesizes, interprets, and translates information relevant to preventing sexual risk behaviors among young people; participates in team efforts to identify effective programs; identifies gaps in research; detects findings not revealed through individual studies; and, communicates these findings to the research and program fields via peer-reviewed journals, scientific meetings, and technical assistance materials. The incumbent will also provide technical expertise to state and local education and health department staff on planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions to reduce sexual risk among school-age populations and serve as a liaison with other Divisions within CDC, Federal agencies, state and local health and education agencies, other national and international health organizations, private sector health organizations, universities, and individuals involved in policies and programs designed to reduce sexual risk behaviors among school-age populations. In addition, the incumbent will prepare and submit manuscripts, reports, and training materials for presentation at scientific meetings and for publication in scientific journals to translate and communicate research synthesis findings to public health and education officials, the scientific community, and the general public; develop and deliver presentations to educators, public health, professional, and community groups; and , review abstracts and articles for professional meetings and scientific journals. Internally, the incumbent serves as an advisor to the Branch Chief in the development of Branch policy, including long- and short-term goals; in the establishment of research translation and synthesis priorities; and in the formation of program and research strategies, specific program objectives, and plans to attain those objectives. Performs other duties as assigned.
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=88071578&JobTitle=Health+Scientist%2c+GS-0601-12%2f13&q=school+health&where=atlanta%2c+ga&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&x=0&y=0&AVSDM=2010-05-13+00%3a03%3a00 open to all US citizens
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