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    The school and Health act of 2015 would provide up to two billions dollars annually to states that agree to improve the nutritional value in school lunches. Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled. Obesity is associated with endometriosis, breast, prostate, colon cancers, and other physical impairments.

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    The school and Health act of 2015 would provide up to two billions dollars annually to states that agree to improve the nutritional value in school lunches. Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled. Obesity is associated with endometriosis, breast, prostate, colon cancers, and other physical impairments.

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    Campopiano/1SenatorBurkhartS.R.____

    ABILL
    Toprovideuptotwobillionsdollarsannuallytostatesthatagreetoimprovethenutritionalvalueinschoollunches.

    BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentativesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,

    SECTION1.SHORTTITLE

    ThisactmaybecitedastheSchoolandHealthActof2015.

    SECTION2.FINDINGS

    Congressherebyfindsanddeclaresthat,
    1)ObesityiswhentheBMIisatorabovethe95thpercentileforchildren/adultsofthesameweightandsex.
    2)Obesitycanharmnearlyeverysysteminachildsbodyheartandlungs,musclesandbones,kidneysand
    digestivetract,aswellasthehormonesthatcontrolbloodsugarandpubertyandcanalsotakeaheavysocialand
    emotionaltoll.
    3)Inapopulationbasedsampleoffivetoseventeenyearolds,70percentofobeseyouthhadatleastoneriskfactor
    forcardiovasculardisease.
    4)Processedfoodsthatarehighinfat,sugar,andsalthavebecomeamainstayoflunchesinschoolsacrossAmerica.
    5)Overthepastthreedecades,childhoodobesityratesinAmericahavetripled,andtoday,nearlyoneinthree
    childreninAmericaareoverweightorobese.
    6)IntheUnitedStatesofAmerica,directcostsofobesityhavebeenestimatedtobearoundninepercentofthetotal
    healthcarecosts.
    7)ObesityincreasestheriskofdevelopingimpairmentssuchastypeIIdiabetesmellituseveninchildren
    gallbladderdiseasehypertensionheartdiseaseperipheralvasculardiseasedyslipidemia(abnormallevelsoffatty
    substancesintheblood)strokeosteoarthritisandsleepapnea.
    8)Obesityisassociatedwithendometrial,breast,prostate,coloncancers,andotherphysicalimpairments.
    8)Analysisoffooddietaryrecalldatasuggeststhatschoolluncheatersconsumemorecaloriesatlunchthanbrown
    baggers,andasimulationoftherelationshipbetweenweightandcaloricintakeindicatesthatasfewas40additional
    caloriesperdaycouldleadtoatwopercentagepointdifferenceinobesityratesamongchildren.
    9)Healthconsciousschoolsthathaveremovedallsodamachinesleavingonlywater,milk,andfruitjuiceavailable,
    revampedthecafeteriafeaturinghealthychoices,likewrapsandyogurt,andreplacedfryerswithstateoftheart
    ovenshaveloweredtheirobesityratebytwopercentinasingleyear.
    10)Adolescentfemalesdemonstratedsignificantlylowerlevelsofselfesteem,whichledtosadness,loneliness,and
    highriskbehaviors,suchassmokingoralcoholconsumption.

    SECTION3.STATUTORYLANGUAGE
    A)TheSchoolandHealthActof2015shallprovideuptotwobilliondollarstothestatesthatagreetoimprovethe
    nutritionalvalueinschoollunches.Improvingschoollunchesmayincludetheremovalofsodamachines,
    replacementofchipswithnutritioussnacks,andothersimilarmethodssetforthbytheUnitedStatesDepartmentof
    Agriculture.Eachstatethatqualifiesforfundingupto40milliondollarsdependingonthepopulationofthestate.
    B)TheUSDAshalloverseetheactionsofthisbillastheenforcementagency.TheUSDAhasthepowertogrant
    moneytostateswhichschoolsimprovetheirfoodstandards.Itshalldeterminetheamountofmoneyeachstateshall
    receivewithrespecttopopulationsize.Stateswithgreaterpopulationshallbereceivegrantslargerthanthegrants
    giventostatesoflowpopulation.ThisshallalsobedeterminedbytheUSDA.Thedepartmentofeducationofeach
    statewillhandletheadministrationofthegrantandensurethepropermeasurearetakentoimprovenutritionalvalue
    oflunches.Itisthedutyofthedepartmentofeducationofeachstatetoproperlydistributethegrant.Thetwobillion
    dollarsshallcomefroma0.25percenttaxincreasetofundthebudgetfortheSchoolandHealthAct.
    C)ThestateswillnotreceiveagrantiftheirmeasuresarenotapprovedbytheUSDA.Thisactshallbeenacted
    January1,2016.

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