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Questions - Childhood Obesity - March 5-6, 2013

39% Think Government Should Help Fight Childhood Obesity
Just 23% Think Feds Should Regulate What School Kids Eat
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted March 5-6, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports

 

 

1* How serious a problem is childhood obesity in the United States today?

 

2* Should the federal government be involved in efforts to reduce childhood obesity?

 

3* Who should set nutritional standards for schools – the federal government, state governments, local governments, or parent-teacher groups?

 

4* Should every public school in America be required to meet the same level of nutrition in the food it serves?

 

5* Should students be prohibited from bringing lunches from home that don’t meet government nutrition standards?

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence