Congressional war of childhood nutrition

Recently the House of Representatives passed a law that will end the enforcement of a strict nutritional and healthy menu for school lunches. This would include schools required to provide a large amount of fruit an vegetables to students, while cutting down on french fries served and any pizza that contains more that two tablespoons of tomato paste, since now a tomato is being challenged whether or not it is a vegetable. 12.5 million children in America can be medically considered obese, making it evident that nutritional laws in schools need to be enforced. The Obama administration is taking a big hit by the recently passed law since they has made it clear the putting and end to childhood obesity was a top priority for them. Even more for Michelle Obama who established the Let's Move! program to encourage kids to eat healthier, work out and get in shape.

On top of this slaw being passed, many schools are also cutting their Health and Wellness programs in result of budget cuts. For many children in America, wellness programs are the only way the will be able to learn how to take care of their body. Was that really a smart choice on the schools part? Think of how a child not knowing what fat, lack of exercise, alcohol and other drugs will have on their body. In many households it is a topic of discussion, but in many its not. There are many problems going on in the United States today that have to do with the size of children, so why are officials passing laws that are only going to make the situation worst? I find this absurd seeing as though the Obama administration cause made it obvious that it was a problem that was going to receive a lot of attention. America is basically contradicting themselves and its annoying.