Childhood obesity is a serious public health epidemic that threatens the health, well-being, and financial stability of the United States. Presidential executive memoranda calling to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within one generation suggest the potential for successful policy initiatives addressing this important issue. The political feasability of solving the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States is dependent on policy actors, inputs into the policy arena, the interplay of policy actors and inputs into the policy arena, and the threshold for adoption. While political feasibility is determined by many factors, the political will may exist to move childhood obesity through the policy process. The National Association of Bariatric Nurses and other special interest groups stand at the precipice of opportunity to inform the policy process through research and expert testimony.