USDA Funds University Of Arkansas Obesity Interventions Project

More money down the tubes.

University of Arkansas scientists and educators are attacking childhood obesity in a project funded by a $4.78 million grant for five years from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The institute recently announced the grant for the multi-campus project, "Interventions for Obesity Prevention Targeting Young Children in At-Risk Environments: An Integrated Approach." The award was funded through the institute's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants program.

Rudy Nayga will lead the project. He is a professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness in the U of A System's statewide Division of Agriculture and holder of the Tyson Chair in Food Policy Economics in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences on the Fayetteville campus.

"Our goals are to improve the diet and healthy behaviors of children, especially those at risk for obesity, and equip educators, childcare providers and other practitioners to tackle the childhood obesity crisis," Nayga said.

If you want to do that, go after the parents of fat kids for nutritional child abuse and make them pay for adult nutrition classes.

This will only work when weight loss recommendations are revised.