Talking Points Brief Assignment Template for Part 1 and Part
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Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet or Talking Points Brief Assignment Template for Part 1 and Part 2
Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid
You will use the information in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid to complete the remaining Part 2 and Part 3 of your Assignment.
Identify the Population Health Childhood Obesity
concern you selected.
Describe the Population Health
concern you selected and the Obesity is when a person's weight is higher than the healthy weight for their height. Obese people are
factors that contribute to it. usually affected by excessive fat which causes them health risks. Childhood obesity happens when
excessive fat affects children. The prevalence of obesity among people between 2 and 19 years old is
19.7% (CDC, 2021). Obesity adversely affects people’s physical and psychological health. For instance,
obese children face depression and bullying from peers. People with childhood obesity also face higher
chances of type 2 diabetes and vascular illnesses.
Administration (President President Biden President Trump President Obama
Name)
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, Describe the administrative agenda The American Families Plan The administration kept the The Obama administration began
focus related to this issue for the aims to ensure healthy food Summer food program on to the healthy lunch program in
current and two previous availability and also expands the allow food accessibility in schools to reduce unhealthy food
presidents. Summer EBT to ensure more summers. However, the president consumption in schools. The
availability of proper meals. The sought to cut expenditure and program promoted the use of
administration also aims to increase vegetable variety from healthy vegetables to replace the
improve healthy food the ones allowed by the previous unhealthy sugar-rich foods
accessibility in schools and seeks administration. Cutting funds for previously available. The
to increase the number of healthy lunch programs meant Michelle Obama program
beneficiaries by 9 million (The exposing more children to directly tackled childhood
White House, 2021). unhealthy foods. obesity by providing healthy
school lunches (Brunn-Bevel &
Richardson, 2018).
Identify the allocations of financial Trump added funds for the The administration budgeted
and other resources that the current $17 billion for healthy school National School Lunch Program about $400 million annually to
and two previous presidents meals and another $25 billion to but reduced funds in all other support the National School
dedicated to this issue. be used on the Summer EBT areas concerning nutrition. Lunch Program (The White
program (The White House, House, 2021).
2021).
Explain how each of the The approach by Biden involves Trump’s administration aimed to President Obama’s policy was
presidential administrations additional funding to ensure that cut costs involved in the preventive (Brunn-Bevel &
approached the issue. there are adequate resources to be nutritional programs that had Richardson, 2018). By targeting
used in the nutritional programs, been started by the predecessor. school children with healthy
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