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Child Health Day is a United
States Federal Observance Day observed on the first Monday in October.
Child Health Day aims to help people
learn more about how they can protect and develop their children's health.
Child
Health Day in the United States raises people’s awareness of how they
can protect and develop children’s health. This event is annually celebrated
on the first Monday of October.
There are different themes about child health
each year, e.g., Child Health Day for 2008 focused on healthy eating and physical
activity, for children and for their parents as role models.
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On Child Health Day, we emphasize our
commitment to teaching our children the benefits of good health. Everywhere,
local programs are encouraged to participate in Child Health Day by tailoring
similar activities to their communities' needs.
According
to 36 U.S.C. § 105, on Child Health Day the president invites "all
agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite on Child Health
Day in observing exercises that will make the people of the United States aware
of the fundamental necessity of a year-round program to protect and develop
the health of the children of the United States."
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