Sean Penn is the latest star to step up and urge Congress to pass H.R. 4870, the Healthy School Meal Act of 2010—a bill which aims to provide school children with healthy lunch options.
In a letter to Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the actor writes, “Millions of children in the United States eat lunches provided through the National School Lunch Program. Many parents cannot afford to pack lunches for their children, and a subsidized school meal is their only option. For some children, this meal is the best or the only one they eat all day. It is shocking that children in this country who eat lunch at school may be overweight or obese and also undernourished—like the children I work with in Haiti—because they do not have access to healthy, nutritious options.”
H.R. 4870 was introduced by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and is co-sponsored by 65 Members of Congress. Additional celebrity endorsements come from Scarlett Johansson, Woody Harrelson, and Sarah Silverman.
To read Penn’s letter in full, visit Physicians For Responsible Medicine's (PCRM) website.
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