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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
encouraging the department of education to work with the department of health to develop nutritionally-sound public school meal plans that give students the option of a vegetarian entrée at least once a week.
WHEREAS, all students should be assured nutritionally-balanced diets to help them become healthy adults who do not suffer from the effects of obesity and malnutrition; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii Medical Journal reports that one-third of Hawaii's school children are now either overweight or at risk of becoming overweight; and
WHEREAS, amongst overweight children, seventy-seven percent of them remain overweight in adulthood; and
WHEREAS, several scientific studies have found that vegetarians have lower body mass index rates than meat-eaters; and
WHEREAS, while some public schools do provide vegetarian school lunch options, students who identify themselves as vegetarian or vegan or come from vegetarian or vegan families are at a disadvantage if no vegetarian school lunch options are available at their schools; and
WHEREAS, all students should be assured a nutritionally-balanced diet regardless of their food preferences and avoidances; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2013, that the Department of Education is encouraged to work with the Department of Health to develop nutritionally-sound school menu plans that give students the option of a vegetarian entrée at least once a week; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Director of Health.
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OFFERED BY: |
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Department of Education; Vegetarian School Lunch Option