Arnold Back as a School Cop: Dumplings Beware!
You Eat other Kid's Lunches? STOP IT!
Reported By: TheARNOLDFANS.com Staff
Friday, September 16, 2005

If you are on a school campus and are caught eating a Hostess Cup Cake, BE WARNED that Arnold might ride up on his bike and slap the junk food right out of your hand! Wait, that was what happened in "Arnold's Fitness for Kids" video from the 90s. But wait, this is not so far off from Arnold's current intentions to terminate junkfood from the obese "dumplings".

Schwarzenegger is putting his political muscle behind a campaign to raise awareness of medical problems associated with obesity. In fact, at a later date, we will tell you how Randy Jennings of TheArnoldFans.com is helping Arnold with this mission.

The governor and first lady Maria Shriver are calling the campaign the Get Healthy California Summit. The focus is on health, nutrition and obesity.

The summit kicked off Thursday with Schwarzenegger, Shriver, Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and about 800 area students taking part in a 1K walk around Cal Expo.

The governor put his pen into action Thursday by signing three bills aimed at combating childhood obesity. One bill will ban soda and junk food from school campuses, and add more fruits and vegetables to school meals.

"Working as a unified team, we are going to do it. We are going to terminate obesity in California once and for all. And we are going to make California the nation's model for health nutrition and fitness," Schwarzenegger said.

The one-day summit brought together what one person called "strange bedfellows" -- a collection of industry leaders, many of whom oppose limiting snack foods at schools. But many also announced new healthy alternative lines of products.

"We have found that focusing more on health and wellness, it's not only good for our consumers, it's good for our business," said Kraft spokesman Mark Berlind.

To highlight the problem of obesity in California, the governor's office said Californians have gained 360 million pounds over the last 10 years, and the cost of treating obesity-related health problems has been $28 billion.