TELL THE USDA TO ENFORCE EXISTING RULES AGAINST THE SALE OF JUNK FOOD IN SCHOOL!

In 2001, U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher issued a major report on childhood obesity, in which he called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to enforce existing rules prohibiting the sale of soda pop and some candies in school cafeterias during mealtimes.

It is outrageous that three years later, despite the worsening epidemic of childhood obesity, USDA has still failed to heed the Surgeon General's call.

Tell USDA Undersecretary Eric Bost that the USDA should (1) strictly enforce the "competitive foods rule," which bans the sale of foods of minimal nutritional value in school cafeterias during mealtimes and (2) strengthen its enforcement procedures for the "competitive foods rule."

November 22, 2009

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