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We Want You!!!!

We know that to improve the health of our children and create long lasting changes we need the support of our government leaders. Government officials at all levels need to make raising and teaching healthy positive children a top priority. Unfortunately in many cases budget battles, standardized tests, and egos take precedence over our children’s health and wellness. We believe to make the necessary changes, this must change. We must make the health and development of our children our number one priority.

We have created this petition to notify all parties involved of our concerns and desire for change. We ask that you sign the petition and let your voice be heard. We will send this petition to all 52 Governors, every congressman and state official in the United States.

The PETITION

We, the citizens of the United States of America, petition local, state, and federal government leaders to provide our students with an exercise program that promotes daily physical activity and a healthy, natural, and nutritionally sound lunch program. Our school lunch program should be based on natural and unprocessed foods, whole grains, water and fresh fruits and vegetables.

CURRENT SITUATION

Our students require a balanced diet comprising natural foods such as vegetables, whole grains, and lean meats. Processed foods, fried foods, ‘fast foods’, and foods high in saturated or trans fats are unacceptable. Chips, soda, and ice cream and not acceptable alternatives to fresh fruit, nuts, and water. Growing bodies need quality protein, complex carbohydrates (not refined and processed carbs), and vegetables for proper development. Refined carbohydrates, or simple carbs, are foods such as potatoes, pasta, and white bread. The brain needs adequate amounts of water to function properly and sodas and sugar-based drinks are unacceptable substitutes.

However, many students receive inadequate nutrition and poor food choices from their school or lunch provider. For many students the only source of proper nutrition is in the schools and therefore it is our duty to provide wholesome, natural, unprocessed, and nutritious foods.

Much progress has been made over the years to provide students with adequate nutrition, yet much work remains. Snacks and junk food are readily available and often labeled as ‘healthy and nutritious’.

Many foods such as candy, sugar, soda, juice, and refined carbohydrates can cause severe spikes in blood sugar levels, which can make concentration and learning difficult if not impossible.

OUR MISSION

To promote the availability of high quality food and nutrition that growing bodies need.

To limit the availability of junk food, soda, sugar, and other unhealthy foods in our schools.

To promote knowledge of foods and food choices in our schools and for supporting organizations (administration, school board, food providers, etc.)


WHY IT IS NEEDED

Hot dogs, French fries, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese and soda have become the staples of our children’s diets. Junk foods such cookies, donuts, chocolate and candy have becoming easy solutions for school snacks. Child obesity, diabetes, depression and ADD rates are climbing alarming rates.

In a 2003 CNN article, Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard College writes of school lunch programs, “Their foods then to be at the bottom of the barrel in terms of healthy nutrition.”

The human body cannot function at its best without quality fuel and adequate nutrition is especially vital when young people are growing and developing.

The United States Department of Agriculture at MyPyramid.com states a healthy diet is one that:

  • Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low fat milk and milk products
  • Includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts
  • Is low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt, and added sugars


WE CALL FOR THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS

1. The President of the United States to call on governors and local officials to adopt this as a formal resolution and that this initiative contributes to a significant aspect of our student’s development.

2. Our governor and state representatives to pass healthy school lunch program resolutions at the state level.

3. School districts to choose vendors that serve unprocessed, natural, and whole foods and to eliminate soda and junk food vending machines from both student and teacher access.

4. School lunch providers to recognize the importance of what we feed our students and its relationship to proper development and therefore implement a plan to incorporate more unprocessed, natural, and whole foods while reducing fried foods, refined carbohydrates and those high in saturated fat.

5. Principals to support this initiative in any way they can, including but not limited to communicating to their schools, teachers, administration, parents, and lunch providers the importance and necessity of this initiative. We ask that principals recognize the profound positive effects PEP promotes and insist their district align their programs with these goals.

6. Parents and teachers use the resources provided by PEP and create family and personal goals in line with those of PEP.

   
 
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