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ihlr-16526	Hubbard, Saly	Taking Roll: An Assessment of State and Local Governance of School Wellness Policies	2008	15	.pdf	application/pdf	6279	394	57	Moreover, the American Heart Association's scientific statement on promoting physical activity accurately summarizes the role schools must play to ensure that obesity is not allowed to remain, as Dr. Richard Carmona suggested, the terror within: Schools are potentially attractive settings in which to promote positive health behaviors because students spend large amounts of time in the school environment, elements of the traditional school curriculum relate directly to health, and schools typically provide extracurricular programs that can promote health ... The social costs of this transforma­ tion-loss of future wages and a reduction in our natural resource base-­ combined with the social opprobrium and the increased healthcare expenses associated with obesity, necessitate and reflect the urgency of a deeper explora­ tion of states' roles in addressing public health crises through public schools.	cache/ihlr-16526.pdf	txt/ihlr-16526.txt