Library Exercise # 2 Week 3 Assignment: Childhood Obesity

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Eyler, A. A., Nguyen, L., Kong, J., Yan, Y., & Brownson, R. (2012). Patterns and predictors of enactment of state childhood obesity legislation in the United States: 2006–2009. American journal of public health, 102(12), 2294-2302.
The article is about a study that was carried out by developing a content review regarding the state policies that are related to childhood obesity. It quantitatively describes the predictors of enactment. According to the article, the main topics studied were school food policy, physical education and community physical activity. Therefore, the study revealed that term limits and committee support play a substantial part in bill enactment. Policymakers have the obligation of knowing all the available policies and in turn make the right decision. Therefore the awareness and sense of priority of such policies can be enhanced by increased through aggressive advoca...