Advocacy Campaign on Obesity
Legislative and policy frameworks have formed a fundamental basis of regulating the prevalence of chronic diseases in the past. Obesity has been subject to legislative laws and enactment of policies that seek to create an environment that is difficult for the thriving of obesity. While the “raise a healthy child” campaign proposed in part one will be helpful in dealing with childhood obesity, its effectiveness will be premised on its alignment with the existing laws and policies.
With the desire ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of this campaign, there will be a need to adjust the existing laws to align them with the requirements of this campaign. First, the 2008 Farm Bill created a special fund that aimed at subsidizing cereal-based foodstuffs such as soybeans and corn (American Farmland Trust, 2008). The enactment of this law was meant to reduce the price of such foodstuff and hence make them widely available as substitutes for meat. However, the law enabled cheap provision of animal feeds that in turn enhanced the supply of meat that supports obesity. Therefore, for the “Raise a Healthy Child” campaign to be successful, this law will need an adjustment to curb the use of subsidized cereals as animal feeds and hence provide children with healthy serial and vegetable-based foodstuffs (Ogden, Carroll, & Flegal, 2009). The transportation...
For it to be effective in supporting the campaign, it will be adjusted in a way that supports more cycling and walking on pedestal walkways to encourage children walking or cycling to school and when with their parents and hence reduce obesity (Ferraro, Thorpe, & Wilkinson, 2010). The two legislative examples demonstrate how the existing law will require an adjustment to support a framework of “raise a healthy child” campaign.
The constitution in its current shape at both the state and federal levels will have an impact on both the implementation and the success of the “Raise a Healthy Child” campaign. First, the two laws discussed above in their current form will limit the success of the program. The farm bill will avail meat at a considerably lower price. As a result, meat and other related products will be available to parents at a lower cost (American Farmland Trust, 2008). For parents concerned about cost, they will opt to buy their children more meat and other meat-based food products. However, it will negate the essence of this campaign that seeks to empower parents to accustom their children to healthy foodstuffs. Secondly, the transport bill will support the exercise that this campaign envisages largely. For instance, the creation of walkways and the special lanes for cycling will enhance exercise activities. At the state level, the…
