NY Daily News:Child advocacy group says cuts to after school programs would have greater impact on obesity than soda ban
Child advocacy group says cuts to after school programs would have greater impact on obesity than soda ban
By Tina Moore Wednesday, June 20, 2012
A ban on big sodas won’t stop obesity if kids are sitting around at home snacking and watching TV rather than in after-school programs, a child advocacy group charges.
A Campaign for Children report — released exclusively to the Daily News — says childhood obesity would be impacted by Mayor Bloomberg’s cuts to Out-of-School-Time programs.
