Temple Study Finds Early Childhood Program Goes Above And Beyond Requirements To Prevent Obesity Among High-Risk Children

So what?

"Almost 1 million preschool children from low-income families are enrolled in Head Start, a national program for young children that readies them for school. While the program provides them with educational and social skill enhancement, a study authored by Temple University researchers finds that it also goes above and beyond the current federal recommendations for promoting healthy eating and exercise habits among this group of children who are at high risk for obesity...

'The obesity epidemic has reached even the youngest children, and many Head Start programs say they are trying to address this problem with practices that go beyond what is required by federal regulation,' said Robert Whitaker, the lead author of the study. 'Some of these regulations might need to be updated, but we still know very little about what challenges programs are facing when they try to put obesity prevention practices in place and maintain them.'"

They do not know if any of this makes a difference and they do not know what does.

Problem.