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                                                                  SJR 5
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          Date of Hearing:   May 12, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                   SJR 5 (Canella) - As Introduced:  April 15, 2011

           SENATE VOTE  :   39-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   Cooking With Kids Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates every Sunday as Cooking with Kids Day and 
          memorializes Congress and the President of the United States to 
          act likewise and adopt a resolution to encourage families across 
          the country to pledge to cook healthy meals with their kids at 
          least once a week and to adopt policies to help improve access 
          to affordable and healthy food and beverages.  Specifically, 
           this resolution  makes the following legislative findings:

          1)Childhood obesity is considered by many to be an epidemic in 
            western countries, where one out of every three children is 
            considered overweight or obese.

          2)The President's Task Force on Childhood Obesity, established 
            in 2010, made recommendations that included getting children a 
            healthy start in life with good prenatal care, providing and 
            improving access to healthy food in schools, and getting 
            children more physically active; and, many of those 
            recommendations have already been implemented.  

          3)Local, state, and federal governments recognize the tremendous 
            health risk and added burden to our health care costs in this 
            county from obesity and are now taking an active role in 
            fighting childhood obesity through new programs, including 
            improved nutrition education and access to healthier school 
            lunches.

          4)Children who help their parents plan, shop for and prepare a 
            meal are empowered to make healthier food choices and become 
            more conscious consumers as adults; and, nongovernmental 
            foundations, such as "Cooking With Kids," also known as CWK, 
            are helping kids learn skills to make healthy food choices 
            that will help them stay healthier for a lifetime.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None









                                                                  SJR 5
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           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800