2599-A – Childhood Obesity Prevention Program; Establishment.

§ 2599-a. Childhood obesity prevention program; establishment. The childhood obesity prevention program is established within the department.

2599-B – Program Development.

§ 2599-b. Program development. 1. The program shall be designed to prevent and reduce the incidence and prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents, especially among populations with high rates of obesity and obesity-related health complications including, but not limited to, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, other chronic respiratory diseases and […]

2599-C – School-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention and Physical Activity Programs.

§ 2599-c. School-based childhood obesity prevention and physical activity programs. The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioners of education and agriculture and markets, and county boards of cooperative extension, shall encourage the establishment of school-based childhood obesity prevention and physical activity programs that promote: 1. A healthy school environment, including physical and aesthetic surroundings and […]

2599-D – Powers of Commissioner.

§ 2599-d. Powers of commissioner. The commissioner may administer directly or through contract, within the amount of funds allocated and within amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred seven-v of this chapter, the childhood obesity prevention program. The commissioner shall also make grants, within the amount of funds available […]