In a state that suffers from one of the highest rates of obesity in the country, Eat Smart Move More SC and its Partners have made advocating for an active and healthy South Carolina one of our top priorities. The organization is becoming the Voice at the SC Statehouse representing healthy choices and healthy lifestyles in South Carolina.Through policy and environmental changes, South Carolina aims to be the first state in the nation to reverse childhood obesity.
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Obesity-related medical expenditures for adults in SC total over $1 billion – half is financed by Medicaid and Medicare.
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From The Prevention Institute: http://www.preventioninstitute.org/ The just-released House Republicans’ payroll tax plan aims to increase doctors’ Medicare reimbursement by dramatically cutting the Prevention and Public Health Fund–by more than two-thirds. Again and again we’ve stated, and polls of Americans have confirmed, that prevention is critical to fixing our health care system. But prevention funding is [...]
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Please consider reaching out to your US Senators! Ask them to support updating the federal school meal nutrition standards and not stand in the way of the process already underway at USDA.
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Another word for baby steps in advocacy is incremental change. Incremental change is how change happens in South Carolina. Our political culture does not support comprehensive change, especially on social issues. For organizations working on policies that need agency support, desire state funding, or require individual behavioral change, baby steps are the only option.
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How do you get elected officials to listen when you talk to them about the issue important to you? Bull horns and balloons? Not likely. Pages of facts and tons of research? No that, either. The best way to engage a legislator in the issue you care about is to tell them – briefly and succinctly – why it is important to you. In essence, to tell them your story. Please click here to read Rebecca Ramos' April Advocacy article for Eat Smart, Move More SC: April Article Telling Your Story
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Eat Smart, Move More SC joins the American Heart Association in aggressively pushing for action on the federal Child Nutrition Act this year.
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House Ways and Means Education K-12 Subcommittee members are reviewing budget provisos that could undermine the Student's Health and Fitness Act. ESMMSC Partners need to act now!
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On Thursday, February 2, the House Transportation Committee will vote on the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, a bill that eliminates crucial funds for biking and walking. Please contact your U.S. Representative and ask him/her to support physical activity in your community. Visit America Bikes for an easy way to send a letter: http://americabikes.org/transportation2012/
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Key Congressional leaders are attacking Safe Routes to School, Transportation Enhancements and Recreational trails and are taking steps to cut off dedicated federal funding for bicycling and walking. We need every single person who simply wants safe options to walk or bicycle to contact their Senators and Representative today!
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Advocacy is looking at the world as it is and imagining what it could be. For the leaders of ESMMSC, imagining the obesity plan fully implemented in South Carolina is not just a dream but will be a reality using advocacy.
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Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) have reintroduced a new version of their Fit Kids Act. The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to increase a focus on physical education and activity, nutrition education and health education.
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There is much confusion among nonprofit staff and board members about whether non-profits can lobby. Legally, they can. Please click to read the full article written by Rebecca Ramos, Palmetto Public Affairs on behalf of Eat Smart, Move More SC.