Early Childhood: Breastfeeding,“Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation,” an Excerpt from the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity: Report to the President,May 2010

Abstract

On February 9, 2010, the same day the First Lady launched the Let's Move! campaign, President Obama created a new interagency White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, charged with creating and implementing a comprehensive action plan to end the childhood obesity epidemic. The resulting action plan was developed by experts from across the federal government, with substantial public input, and released on May 11. The first chapter of the task force report discusses strategies for getting children a healthy start on life, including supporting breastfeeding. Here is an excerpt from the discussion of breastfeeding that appears in the report. The full text of the task force report can be found at www.letsmove.gov.

—Martha Coven, JD

Special Assistant to the President for Mobility and Opportunity

White House Domestic Policy Council

Lead Staff, White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity

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