City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0166R

• File #: 09-0166R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Recognition - Baltimore City Public Schools - Good Health, Great Kids!
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/19/2009
• In control: Education Committee
• Final action: 3/8/2010
• Title: In Recognition - Baltimore City Public Schools - Good Health, Great Kids! FOR the purpose of expressing appreciation to the CEO, the Director of Food and Nutrition, and the employees of Baltimore City Public Schools for their leadership in promoting healthier eating habits, more active lifestyles, and other interventions that assist children in avoiding or correcting behaviors that lead to childhood obesity and other life-threatening or life-altering medical conditions; and inviting Baltimore City Public School officials to brief the City Council on their innovative approaches to addressing the challenges of childhood obesity.
• Sponsors: Helen L. Holton, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, William H. Cole, IV, President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Mary Pat Clarke, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Belinda Conaway, Warren Branch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/8/2010	0	Education Committee	Recommended Favorably
3/8/2010	0	City Council	Adopted
1/11/2010	0	Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/26/2009	0	Education Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/22/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
10/19/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
10/19/2009	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Holton

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Recognition - Baltimore City Public Schools - Good Health, Great Kids!

FOR the purpose of expressing appreciation to the CEO, the Director of Food and Nutrition, and the employees of Baltimore City Public Schools for their leadership in promoting healthier eating habits, more active lifestyles, and other interventions that assist children in avoiding or correcting behaviors that lead to childhood obesity and other life-threatening or life-altering medical conditions; and inviting Baltimore City Public School officials to brief the City Council on their innovative approaches to addressing the challenges of childhood obesity.
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A Lighter Future for Baltimore City: Using Schools in the Fight Against Childhood Obesity, a publication of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies and co-recipient of the 2009 Abell Award in Urban Policy, which explores the reasons why Baltimore City is suffering from a high rate of childhood obesity and how this problem can be overcome through school programs and policies, found the number of overweight children has skyrocketed in the past couple of decades and is estimated to have reached 23 million.

Maryland is the 27th most obese state in the country, with an obesity rate of 25.2. In Maryland, 60% of adults were overweight or obese in 2007, rising from 34% from ...