Children's Nutrition Bill HR5167

Hello everyone!
Yesterday Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey came to my school to my Kids Can Cook class to chat with the kids and their parents and other concerned citizens about her Childhood Nutrition bill. It will be resubmitted next year and I hope it passes. It will redefine what a nutritious food is (since the Childhood Nutrition Act was originally adopted in 1966, when folks thought that processed cheese was healthful!)
This was not a political day, merely a day of explanation. I thought I was brazen (getting more so every year) to call her office and ask her to come explain this bill and was pleasantly surprised when she said yes. The kids enjoyed meeting a Congresswoman and learning about the process of having a Bill written into law. Everyone also enjoyed eating the tostadas that the kids made.
Let's all work together to pass this and similiar laws mandating that our schools and other entities feed our children health-supporting foods devoid of trans-fats, excess sodium and fats and certainly anything fake (fake sugar, dyes, etc.)
I had a reporter recently ask me why anyone would care about childhood nutrition....particularly folks who don't have kids. Let's take away the fact that they are our children and future for a moment and look at this from a monetary standpoint. We have an aging population in America who will all need healthcare much longer than in past years when life expectancy wasn't as long. We are also raising a whole geneation of kids many of which are heading for an adulthood of diabetes and heart disease. Add these two up and it suffice it to say that few will be able to afford health insurance 20 years from now. Children's health is everyone's concern and needs to be addressed right now.
Of course, we begin with the health of our own children and then let's go to schools and community and on from there. I'm sure working together we can assist this generation of kids become healthier!
Healthy regards,
Patty