H.R. 2625 116th Congress House

LIVE Well Act

Official title: To amend section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to include eating disorders prevention within the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant pr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to include eating disorders prevention within the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program and the local wellness program; and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 9, 2019 Introduced by: Alma S. Adams Democratic · North Carolina See on congress.gov

Health Child care and developmentChild healthCongressional oversightElementary and secondary education

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Health promotion and preventive careMental healthNutrition and diet

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Jun 7, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

May 9, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

May 9, 2019

Introduced in House

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Latest action June 7, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Long-term InVestment in Education and Wellness Act or the LIVE Well Act

This bill includes eating-disorder prevention and promotion of long-term health practices in the educational component of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed) and local school wellness policies created under the National School Lunch Program or other federal child nutrition programs. Under current law, states may elect to implement certain nutrition education and obesity prevention programs as part of SNAP-Ed; this bill requires the Department of Agriculture to specifically implement a nutrition education and obesity prevention program that includes a focus on long-term health practices.

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