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State Laws Addressing Childhood Obesity, 2008

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	Approach to Address Childhood Obesity	State Task Force/Committee	Mandates BMI Screening	Requires Menu Labeling in Restaurants

United States	31 Yes	15 Yes	7 Yes	1 Yes

Alabama	Both	Yes	No	No
Alaska	None	No	No	No
Arizona	Both	Yes	No	No
Arkansas	Both	Yes	Yes	No
California	School nutrition program	No	No	Yes
Colorado	Both	Yes	No	No
Connecticut	Both	No	No	No
Delaware	None	Yes	No	No
District of Columbia	None	No	No	No
Florida	Both	No	Yes	No
Georgia	None	Yes1	No2	No
Hawaii	None	No	No	No
Idaho	None	No	No	No
Illinois	Both	Yes	Yes	No
Indiana	Both	No	No	No
Iowa	None	No	No	No
Kansas	Both	No	No	No
Kentucky	School nutrition program	No	No	No
Louisiana	Both	No	No	No
Maine	School nutrition program	No	No	No
Maryland	Both	Yes	No	No
Massachusetts	None	No	No	No
Michigan	None	No	No	No
Minnesota	None	No	No	No
Mississippi	Physical education program	No	No	No
Missouri	None	No	Yes	No
Montana	Physical education program	No	No	No
Nebraska	None	No	No	No
Nevada	None	Yes	No	No
New Hampshire	Physical education program	No	No	No
New Jersey	None	Yes	No	No
New Mexico	Both	No	No	No
New York	Both	Yes	No	No
North Carolina	School nutrition program	No	No	No
North Dakota	Physical education program	No	No	No
Ohio	None	No	No	No
Oklahoma	Both	No	No	No
Oregon	None	No	No	No
Pennsylvania	School nutrition program	No	Yes	No
Rhode Island	Both	No	No	No
South Carolina	Both	No	No	No
South Dakota	None	No	No	No
Tennessee	School nutrition program	No	Yes	No
Texas	Both	No	No	No
Utah	Both	No	No	No
Vermont	Both	Yes	No	No
Virginia	None	Yes	No	No
Washington	Both	Yes	No	No
West Virginia	Both	Yes	No	No
Wisconsin	None	No	No	No
Wyoming	None	No	Yes	No

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Sources:	Childhood Obesity Prevention Legislation, 2008, State Legislation Report, American Academy of Pediatrics, available at http://www.aap.org/advocacy/statelegrpt.pdf, (p.20).
Definitions:	According to the CDC, Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a persons weight and height. BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems (http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/index.htm).
Footnotes:	Information provided by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, April 30, 2009. A law mandating fitness assessments and a physical education requirement in Georgia schools will go into effect in 2011.