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including more than 150 school gardens.
• Meanwhile, USDA has taken steps to expand the availability of information regarding nutrition. The MyPlate icon, for example, provides families with an easy reference to make healthy choices at mealtimes. We have also created the "SuperTracker" - an online tool used by more than two million Americans to track their nutrition and physical activity on a daily basis.
• These achievements have come alongside our efforts to maximize program funding for child nutrition and other critical efforts by identifying more than $700 million in cost savings and efficiencies across the Department.
• But we know that more needs to be done. Childhood obesity is not a minor issue with a simple fix. Childhood hunger continues to block the road to success for too many. Together, these challenges threaten our future, and they require bold solutions.
• In the weeks, months and years to come, I hope that we can work together to achieve generational change in childhood nutrition, and help today's youngsters grow up ready to lead the world.