| The Smallest State Takes a Big Step in Fighting Childhood Obesity |
 A recent article in USA Today highlights a Delaware day care center that is replacing snack food with healthy choices. Congratulations! The article goes on to characterize this as a fledgling movement, which is unfortunate. However, most policy change starts as a small, fledgling movement. There is a large body of research supporting the impact that early childhood education has on children. Children who participate in high quality early childhood programs enter school with a distinct advantage over children who do not have access to this education. This advantage grows as children continue to learn and benefit from the skills they mastered in the early years. This article highlights research that basically supports the same contention about healthy eating having a similar impact as early childhood education. Essentially, that children who learn healthy eating choices and are given healthy food will carry those habits into their later years. But most importantly, like early learning, the critical and formative years with healthy food will pay dividends throughout their life. If we know that early childhood education makes a difference in child's academic success, and that healthy eating has a similar impact on child’s health; should we mandate healthier nutrition standards for early childhood and day care centers? Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites         
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For the past 10 years, Dan has dedicated himself to representing public education before congress while advancing the legislative priorities of educators around the country. In this role, Dan has worked on complex education policies including the education of children with disabilities and school health policies. Combining years of public policy work with his life long focus on education, Dan is now the Executive Director of My Fitness 1st, an organization dedicated to eliminating childhood obesity. He has appeared on CNN, Fox News, in the Wall Street journal, Time Magazine, New York Times and other national and local media outlets. 
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it's nice to have you back on the pages of JSN sharing your insight on obesity related policy. Give em' hell!