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MPHA Issue Priority

Equal Access to Healthy Food and Exercise

MPHA supports policy initiatives to improve access to healthy food and exercise for all residents.  Our state legislative and budget priorities for 2009-2010 are:

Top Policy Priorities

School Nutrition Bill (House Bill 4459)

• See the Fact Sheet
• Endorse the Bill

Local Farm Products Bill (now part of House Bill 4459)

• See the Fact Sheet
• Endorse the Bill

Food Policy Council Bill (House Bill 4255)

• See the Fact Sheet
• Endorse the Bill

State Funding for Obesity and Chronic Disease Prevention

(Line Item 4513-1111)

• See the Fact Sheet

Equitable and Sufficient State Revenue

• See the Fact Sheet

Other Policy Priorities

Healthy School Meals Bill (House Bill 448/Senate Bill 260)

• See the Fact Sheet

Phys Ed Bill (House Bill 248)

• See the Fact Sheet

Trans Fat Bill (House Bill 3595)

Learn about other priority issues of MPHA.

Learn More!

• What is a Food Policy Council? Click here to learn more.
• Learn about the state's Mass in Motion initiative.
• Read MPHA's testimony to the Public Health Committee from June 2, 2009.
  
• Read the Institute of Medicine 2009 brief "Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity."
  
• Learn about the MA Farm to School Program.
  
• Read the easy-to-understand primer on how the state raises funds for health and human service programs.

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