National Nutrition Month

WHEREAS, food is the substance by which life is sustained; and

WHEREAS, the type, quality and amount of food that individuals consume each day plays a vital role in their overall health and physical fitness; and

WHEREAS, the food and physical activity choices made today, and every day, affect our health and how we feel today and in the future; and

WHEREAS, eating right and being physically active are keys to a healthy lifestyle; and

WHEREAS, there is a need for continuing nutrition education and a wide-scale effort to enhance good eating practices; and

WHEREAS, National Nutrition Month is a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the American Dietetic Association:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim the month of March 2012 as

National Nutrition Month

in the state of Alabama.

 

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 24th day of February 2012.

      

Governor Robert Bentley