6/13/2023 0 Comments Vox nutrition bethany ok![]() ![]() Congress should focus on expanding access and nutrition standards rather than continue to put up barriers for kids. “Children cannot learn and thrive when it becomes increasingly more difficult for them to access healthy foods. ![]() “This bill is clearly bad for America’s children,” Lesley said. Fundraisers, family meal days, and a la carte items would be exempt from nutrition standards.Scientists and public health officials would be shut out from nutrition standards review.The qualifying threshold to students certified through federal programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would be significantly raised.Administrative changes to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food program place additional burdens on families and providers.More than 11,000 schools not using the Community Eligibility Provision would also lose eligibility.More than 7,000 schools serving 3.4 million students would no longer qualify for the Community Eligibility Provision.Several provisions included in the bill fall short of common-sense priorities needed to maintain strong nutrition standards and to expand access to healthy meals for students. ![]() “It’s troubling that with 20 percent of American children living in poverty, lawmakers would try to make it harder for kids to access healthy, nutritious school meals.” “Contrary to its title, the House’s nutrition bill detracts, rather than improves, child nutrition standards and access to healthy foods across the country,” said Bruce Lesley, Campaign for Children president. In a letter to House Education and the Workforce Committee Members last week, First Focus Campaign for Children, a bipartisan children’s advocacy organization, strongly stated its opposition to the Improving Child Nutrition Education Act of 2016 (H.R. Washington – The House’s version of a bill that funds children’s food programs – both in and out of school – puts kids’ access to food programs at risk and weakens nutrition standards that help children thrive. ![]()
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