3.0.0 5113 2023-01-11T13:16:05Z 2023-01-11T13:16:05Z House H HR 2010-04-22 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee Referred to 2010-05-27T14:15:22Z Referred to 2010-04-22T14:02:50Z 2010-05-27 hsed04 Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Committee 2010-04-22 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2010-04-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-04-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000608 Rep. Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [D-PA-3] Kathleen Dahlkemper D PA A. 3 N W000794 Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33] Diane Watson D CA E. 33 2010-05-11 False B001234 Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] JOE BACA D CA 43 2010-05-19 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2010-05-19 False B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2010-06-16 False Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Child health Department of Agriculture Elementary and secondary education Food assistance and relief Health promotion and preventive care Nutrition and diet Physical fitness and lifestyle Poverty and welfare assistance Education 00 2010-04-22 Introduced in House 2010-05-06T15:49:43Z Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require local educational agencies (LEA) participating in the school lunch or breakfast programs to establish or expand a local school wellness policy for their schools that: (1) includes goals for nutrition education, physical activity, and other school-based activities that promote student wellness; (2) includes nutrition guidelines for all foods in school during the day that promote student health and reduce childhood obesity; (3) ensures that the dietary guidelines for reimbursable school meals are no less restrictive than those issued by the Secretary of Agriculture under the school lunch program; (4) provides for the measurement and oversight of the policy's implementation; and (5) involves parents, students, the school food authority, the school board, school administrators, and the public in its development.

Directs the Secretary to provide LEAs, school food authorities, and states, on request, information and technical assistance in: (1) establishing healthy school nutrition environments; (2) reducing childhood obesity; and (3) preventing diet-related chronic diseases.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools that are creating healthier school environments for children by promoting good nutrition and physical activity. Requires such schools to adopt a model school wellness policy developed by the Secretary.

Requires the Secretary to contract with the Institute of Medicine to provide the Secretary with recommendations for updating the nutrition rules for the school lunch and breakfast programs.

]]> To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge Program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools that are creating healthier school environments for children by promoting good nutrition and physical activity, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge Program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools that are creating healthier school environments for children by promoting good nutrition and physical activity, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to establish the Healthy Habits School Challenge Program to reduce childhood obesity by recognizing schools that are creating healthier school environments for children by promoting good nutrition and physical activity, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2010-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5113ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5113ih.xml 2010-05-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.