126th Morrison Congress

2nd Session

H.R. 126-058

Title of the Bill: No Junk Food Sold at School Act

Main Author(s): Rep. Edward Chou(D-FL) and Rep. Liberty Hsiung (D-MD)

Co-Sponsor(s):

BE IT ENACTED BY THE MORRISON CONGRESS

1 SECTION 1: Findings
2 Congress makes the following findings:
3 1) Type 2 diabetes accounts for 3% to 45% of all new pediatric cases.(1)
4 2) 61% of children have access to junk food in school. (1)
5 3) 97% of high schools and 82% of middle schools have vending
6 machines compared to only 17% of elementary schools (2)
7 4) New Jersey is the first state to adopt a comprehensive school nutrition
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policy that bans candy, soda, and other junk food. (3)
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5) Processed food such as fatty foods, fried foods etc. can harm your
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brain by decreasing cognitive functions and leading to serious
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12 diseases like Alzheimers disease or Parkinsons disease. (4)
13 6) One out of three kids and teens in America are obese. (5)
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15 SECTION 2: Purpose
16 To ban the availability of junk food on school campus.
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18 SECTION 3: General Provisions
19 Scientific research has shown, junk food is unhealthy and harms the body.
20 Excessive intake of junk food can cause health problems like kidney
21 failure, obesity etc. Yet, 61% students have the availability to buy junk
22 food on campus. Medical research has shown 3~45% of the pediatric
23 cases have developed type 2 diabetes, which means the issue on junk
24 food has already affected pediatric healths. This bill is to ban the sales on
25 junk food on school campus.
26 New Jersey is the first state to ban the sales on candy, soda, and other junk
27 food at school. More state are following New Jersey to ban the sales on
28 junk food on campus. However, what is at stake is the healths of
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children's, we need to make this a law in order to expedite this ban on junk
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food on campus.
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Schools are where students spend a lot of time at. Schools shouldnt be able
33 to sell kids junk food if its doesnt have any good effects on kids rather
34 than harming their bodies. Kids eat what is offered to them, so if the option
35 is healthy food, they will eat it.
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37 SECTION 4: Definitions
38 1. Obese: a stage at which a person has too much body fat to a point it
39 affects them negatively.
40 2. Diabetes: high blood sugar over a long period of time.
41 3. Alzheimers Disease: loss of intellectual and social skills
42 4. Parkinsons disease: affects nerve cell in the brain
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Works Cited:
1) https://brandongaille.com/11-junk-food-schools-statistics-and-trends/
2) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3667628/
3) http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10853
4) https://www.consumerhealthdigest.com/brain-health/5-unhealthy-foods-to-avoid-for-
healthy-brain.html
5) http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyKids/ChildhoodObesity/Over
weight-in-Children_UCM_304054_Article.jsp#.Wia4QrT1VsM