,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aegb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ae1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,schock introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of ,federal
 money for print1 radio1 television or  
any other media advertisement1 campaign1
 or form of publicity against the use of
 a food or beverage that is lawfully    
marketed under the ,federal ,food1      
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stopping ,taxpayer ,outlays for        
,propaganda ,act or the ,,stop ,act4    
#b4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3  7#a7 ,according to a study  
from ,education ,week and the ,journal  
of the ,american ,medical ,association  
fewer than #d in #aj elementary-aged    
children achieved the recommended       
guidelines for physical activity 7#fj   
minutes per day of moderate to vigorous 
activity7 and television viewing 7less  

than #b hours per day of television     
screen time74 ,as children get older1   
their prevalence of sedentary behavior  
increased4  7#b7 ,during the #aiejs1 the
 ,united ,states began experiencing a   
physical inactivity crisis4 ,the issue  
garnered sufficient attention that the  
,eisenhower ,administration expressed   
concern about the ,united ,states       
meeting its ,cold ,war military manpower
 needs4 ,in response1 the ,president's  
,council on ,physical ,fitness and      
,sports was established in #aief under  
the name of the ,president's ,council on
 ,youth ,fitness4 ,today1 only one state
 7,illinois7 requires daily ,p4,e4 for  
grades ,k-#ab4  7#c7 ,a #bjji study     
published in a supplement to the        
,international ,journal of ,obesity     
found no association between particular 
segments of the diet and subsequent     
weight gain4 ,another key point from the
 study is that obesity is a complex1    
multifactorial issue that can be caused 
in part by genetic susceptibility1      

behavior1 and level of physical         
activity4  7#d7 ,the ,centers for       
,disease ,control and ,prevention states
 the fundamental rule of weight         
management is to consume less calories  
than one expends4 ,studies have shown   
one way to limit the number of calories 
a person consumes is by controlling     
portion size4  7#e7 ,according to       
,time's ,health and ,family1 foods that 
are not inherently healthy can still be 
eaten1 but they should only be consumed 
in moderation4 ,a #aiii study found that
 flexible dieting was associated with   
less overeating and lower body weight   
then strict dieting4  7#f7 ,the         
correlation between physical activity   
and longevity is well documented4       
,according to ,exercise is ,medicine1   
sponsored by the ,american ,college of  
,sports ,medicine1 regular1 moderate    
physical activity reduces the risk of   
heart disease by #dj percent1 lowers the
 risk of stroke by #bg percent1 reduces 
the incidence of high blood pressure by 

almost #ej percent1 reduces the         
incidence of diabetes by #ej percent1   
can reduce mortality and the risk of    
recurrent breast cancer by almost #ej   
percent1 can lower the risk of colon    
cancer by over #fj percent1 can reduce  
the risk of developing ,alzheimer's     
,disease by one third1 and can decrease 
depression as effectively as medications
 or behavioral therapy4  7#g7 ,a #bjje  
review published in ,obesity ,reviews   
found that increasing physical activity 
participation and decreasing television 
viewing should be the focus of          
strategies aimed at preventing and      
treating overweight and obesity in      
youth4 ,the authors compared estimates  
of the prevalence of overweight among   
school-aged youth in #cd countries and  
examined associations between overweight
 and selected dietary and physical      
activity patterns4  7#h7 ,according to  
,full ,service ,restaurant ,magazine1   
several chain restaurants now offer     
their customers the option of smaller   

portions of customer favorites4         
,t4,g4,i4 ,friday's1 for example1 offers
 the ,right ,portion1 ,right ,price menu
 while ,california ,pizza ,kitchen has a
 ,smaller ,cravings program4  7#i7 ,as  
told by the ,new ,york ,times1          
,mc,donald's restaurants in ,september  
#bjab began posting calorie information 
on the large menus inside their         
restaurants4 ,mc,donald's also lists    
items that have #djj calories or less in
 its ,favorites ,under #djj menu4  7#aj7
 ,according to ,reuters1 in #bjaj1      
,panera ,bread became the first national
 restaurant chain to voluntarily post   
calorie information on their menus4     
,subway restaurants have also           
voluntarily made their calorie          
information accessible to the public4   
7#aa7 ,reported by the ,new ,york       
,times1 non-alcoholic beverage companies
 such as ,pepsi,co1 ,coca-,cola1 ,dr    
,pepper ,snapple1 and ,sunny ,d are     
revamping vending offerings and posting 
caloric information on the front of     

every can1 bottle1 and pack4 ,in        
addition1 these companies have removed  
full-calorie soft drinks from the       
nation's schools and continue to provide
 consumers with calorie information1 a  
variety of choices1 and smaller         
portions4  #c4 ,funding restriction ,no 
part of any appropriation contained in  
any ,act may be used for print1 radio1  
television or any other media           
advertisement1 campaign1 or form of     
publicity against the use of a food or  
non-alcoholic beverage that is lawfully 
marketed under the ,federal ,food1      
,drug1 and ,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4
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