[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2625 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2625
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.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 9, 2019
Ms. Adams (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following
bill; which was 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
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A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Long-term InVestment in Education
for Wellness Act'' or the ``LIVE Well Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Eating disorders affect 30 million Americans during
their lifetime and have the highest mortality rate of any
psychiatric illness.
(2) Eating disorders affect people of all body sizes, ages,
races, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and socioeconomic
statuses.
(3) Eating disorders are complex, biologically based
serious mental illnesses that include the specific disorders of
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder,
avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder, and other specified
feeding or eating disorders.
(4) Eighty percent of people with an eating disorder are
normal or higher weight, and 81 percent of people with binge
eating disorder are clinically higher weight or have obesity.
(5) One in 4 people seeking obesity treatment has an
underlying eating disorder that is often undiagnosed.
(6) Children in higher weight bodies are more likely to
engage in unhealthy weight-control measures, and \2/3\ are at
risk of an eating disorder.
(7) Research shows that focusing on weight talk, weight
stigma, and dieting does not result in long-term reduction in
weight; \2/3\ of dieters will regain more weight than lost from
dieting.
(8) Studies show that shifting prevention focuses from
weight and dieting towards long-term health practices,
including a focus on body positivity, nutrition, decreasing
weight-based bullying or harassment, and physical activity,
without a focus on weight, BMI testing, or negative weight
talk, reduces risk factors for populations affected by eating
disorders and populations affected by obesity.
SEC. 3. EATING DISORDERS PREVENTION.
(a) Amendments.--Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(7 U.S.C. 2036a) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection
(a), by striking ``and'' and inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'',
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
``(b) Grant Programs.--The Secretary, acting through the Director
of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with
the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, shall implement an
evidence-based nutrition education, eating disorders prevention, or
obesity prevention program for eligible individuals that promotes
healthy food choices and physical activity with a focus on long-term
health practices.'',
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in the heading by striking ``and'' and
inserting ``, Eating Disorders Prevention, or'',
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by inserting ``evidence-based'' after
``deliver'', and
(ii) by striking ``and'' and inserting ``,
eating disorders prevention, or'',
(C) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and''
and inserting ``, eating disorders prevention,
or'', and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in clause (iii) by striking ``
and'' at the end,
(II) in clause (iv) by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``;
and'', and
(III) by adding at the end the
following:
``(v) ensure that interventions encourage
screening for eating disorders and include
long-term health practices.'',
(D) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) in clause (i) by inserting
``eating disorders prevention and
screening,'' after ``education,'', and
(II) in clause (iii) by inserting
``and long-term health practices''
after ``nutrition'', and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) in the matter preceding clause
(i)--
(aa) by inserting ``and
eating disorders prevention,''
after ``education'', and
(bb) by inserting ``,
Assistant Secretary of the
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services
Administration,'' after
``Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention'', and
(II) in clause (ii) by inserting
``and eating disorders'' after
``education'',
(E) in paragraph (4)--
(i) by striking ``and'' after
``education'', and
(ii) by inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'' after ``nutrition education'',
(F) in paragraph (6)--
(i) by striking ``and'' after ``nutrition
education'', and
(ii) by inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'' after ``nutrition education'',
(G) in paragraph (7)(C)--
(i) by striking ``and'' after ``nutrition
education'', and
(ii) by inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'' after ``nutrition education'',
(H) in paragraph (8) by striking ``and'' the first
place it appears and inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'', and
(I) in paragraph (9)(A)(i)--
(i) by striking ``and'' after ``the
nutrition education'', and
(ii) by inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'' after ``nutrition education'',
(4) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``and'' the first
place it appears and inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'',
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``and''
and inserting ``, eating disorders prevention,
or'', and
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking
``and'' and inserting ``, eating disorders
prevention, or'', and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.'', and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Definition.--In this section the term `long-term health
practices' means long-lasting changes within an individual focused on
nutrition, body positivity, and physical activity, focusing on overall
health outcomes including changes in behavior and metabolic health.''.
SEC. 4. LOCAL WELLNESS GRANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 9A of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``promotion of
long-term health practices (as defined in subsection
(f) of section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(7 U.S.C. 2036a)), reduction of disordered eating
within children,'' after ``activity,'', and
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``registered
dietitian nutritionists, licensed mental health
professionals,'' after ``administrators,'',
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) paragraph (1)--
(i) by inserting ``and in coordination with
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration,'' after ``Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention,'', and
(ii) by inserting ``school health
professionals,'' after ``school food
authorities,'',
(B) in paragraph (2)(C)--
(i) by inserting ``and eating disorders
prevention and screening'' after ``sound
nutrition'', and
(ii) by inserting ``and long-term health
practices (as such term is defined in
subsection (f) of section 28 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a))'' after
``nutrition environments'',
(C) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration'' after ``Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention'', and
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking
``2014'' and inserting ``2021'', and
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``2011'', and
inserting ``2020''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply beginning with the first school year that begins at least 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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