Unlike the Obama administration, TIME columnist Fareed Zakaria isn’t trying to hide the results of a government study documenting the lack of long-term benefits associated with Head Start. Rather than…
More angst in this USA Today story about overweight kids and what to do about. The researcher concludes that a program is the answer. “If all the kids across the…
Score a victory for lunch boxes, and parents who pack them. The state Senate unanimously approved a bill that would remove “lunch police” inspection of meals prepared at home and…
Check out Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines’ workout routine. The video is part of the mayor’s Isle of Smile campaign to fight childhood obesity.
Buncombe County has released its SOTCH report. It is likely little different from those of other counties. The most important concerns are making sure children have sleek, ripped, muscular bodies…
I caught wind of plans by a certain party to buy back Halloween candy by the pound while entering kids in a raffle for a bike. Hopefully details will be…
Michelle Obama is determined to tax people more to get multiple government departments to coordinate schools, grocery stores, and physicians in an effort to end the “epidemic” “obesity” “crisis.” Strategic…
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Sara Burrows’ account of the final version of nanny-state legislation designed to fight childhood obesity.
The latest Carolina Journal Online exclusive features Sara Burrows’ report on a task force’s recommendations to increase government involvement in fighting childhood obesity. John Hood’s Daily Journal explains that problems…
The estimated population of North Carolina is 9,380,884. 704,000 children would go hungry if it weren’t for schools and extra programs providing them two meals a day. The Buncombe County…
This year?s legislative elections will be critical for helping to shape the course of state government for the next decade. Why? Becki Gray explains during the next edition of Carolina…
President Obama gave a shout out to his wife, Michelle, at the State of the Union Address last week, pointing out that she will head up the latest nanny-state crisis…