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I am very concerned about junk food in the schools.

— Teresa Heinz

The obesity epidemic among American children is becoming so bad that I think there's a growing realization across the country that we've got to…

— Eric Schlosser

There's been a growing effort to kick soda out of the schools. And governors as different as Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and Mike Huckabee…

— Eric Schlosser

Parents are working more than ever before and unable to monitor what kids are eating at home, and schools are selling astronomical amounts of…

— Lisa Ling

Without federal standards for school lunches, candy bars, packaged snacks and soda can be offered to our children in school.

— Margaret Cuomo

Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in…

— Tom Vilsack

Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.

— Nikki Giovanni

Kids who participate in school meal programs get roughly half of their calories each day at school. ... This is an extraordinary responsibility. But…

— Michelle Obama

Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's…

— Jared Polis

Since children spend many of their waking hours at school, eating up to two meals a day there, we need to place a special…

— Joshua Rosenthal

I don't understand why we have laws that prevent someone from walking a school campus and selling alcohol or drugs but somehow can't feed…

— Andrew Zimmern

Food is a big bargain in America, and you can go to these places, we all like them, and you get big portions, and…

— William J. Clinton