Health News
Nutritional Bill Hopes to Curb Junk Food in Schools
April 6, 2006
Today a group in Congress plans to introduce a bill that would prohibit the sale of certain fatty and sugary foods in schools. The bill would require higher nutritional standard for all foods sold on school premises including cafeterias, vending machines, snack bars, school stores and school events. The bill being presented as an amendment to the National School Lunch Act.
The bill is receiving strong bipartisan support and would be an effective way to implement nutrition requirements on a national level. With childhood obesity at an all time high, this bill would be one attempt to help curb the childhood obesity epidemic affecting the United States.