Obama Admin Wasted $4 Million Trying To Prove Pollution Helped Make Kids Obese
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By Ryan Ledendecker
Published June 15, 2019 at 2:36pm
The Obama administration wasn’t exactly known for their finesse at responsibly spending government money. Study findings released this year on the potential effect of air pollution on childhood obesity proves that point once again.
According to The Washington Free Beacon, in 2013, former President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency awarded a $4,146,875 million grant to the University of Southern California. The grant’s purpose was to fund a five-year study to search for a link between “near-roadway air pollution” and obese children.
Surprise, surprise, the study came up empty.
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Poster Comment:
I can tell you what makes kids obese. It is either a genetic factor, or they eat too much sugary snacks or they are couch potatoes sitting and playing video games all evening. It makes you wonder what they might be doing during Phys. Ed. class.
I work with a couple of chicks that are overweight. One of them is the first to jump up if there are any sweets in the room.