In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s.

I want to thank the efforts of the American Public Health Association and its 200-plus partners who have organized events around the Nation that serve to raise everyone's awareness of the need to improve public health.

In America today, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight is more than double what it was in the early 1970s.

Mr. Speaker, less than 10 percent of our Nation's children walk or ride their bicycles to school, and too many schools continue to invite fast-food vendors into their cafeterias.

I will continue to work in Washington to oppose any efforts to expand drilling off our Coasts and to challenge my colleagues to adopt responsible energy policies.

Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.

Pregnant women are more likely to die from homicide by domestic violence than any other cause of death.