Healthy Children for the 21st Century

Healthy Children for the 21st Century


Whereas the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs provide healthy meals to all North Carolina students enabling them to be ready to learn,

Whereas one in five children ages 5-11 in North Carolina is overweight,

Whereas the prevalence of childhood obesity has nearly tripled for adolescents in the past two decades,

Whereas North Carolina is in the top 10 states in the United States for the incidence of hypertension and diabetes,

Whereas health care costs in North Carolina associated with obesity related medical expenses cost North Carolina taxpayers more than $2.1 billion a year,

Whereas the North Carolina General Assembly has legislated and the State Board of Education has adopted Nutrition Standards for Elementary Schools in North Carolina schools requiring increased fresh fruits, fresh vegetables and foods high in fiber in school meals offered to students,

Now therefore be it resolved that ______________ supports the N.C. State Board of Education's proposed budget to provide $25 per pupil to enable local school districts to implement Nutrition Standards in elementary schools in the state.

And be it further resolved, that the $25 per elementary child be recurring funds.

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