[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 143 (Friday, September 23, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NATIONAL CHILDHOOD OBESITY AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. CARNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize September as 
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
  When I served as Delaware's Lieutenant Governor, I spent a lot of my 
time helping children in our State understand the importance of making 
healthy lifestyle choices. I started a program called the Lieutenant 
Governor's Challenge that helped thousands of Delaware students make 
regular physical activity part of their daily lives.
  One of my partners in these initiatives was Nemours, a foundation 
that operates A.I. DuPont Hospital, a world-class facility for children 
in Wilmington, Delaware. Nemours works with schools, childcare centers, 
and community organizations to help children make healthy food and 
lifestyle choices and to stay physically active. If we can help 
children make healthy decisions at an early age, those habits will stay 
with them for a lifetime, and we will save money on the country's 
health care bill as a result.
  Mr. Speaker, we should follow the lead of organizations like Nemours 
for the healthy messages they bring to our children in places where 
they live, learn, and play.

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