Utah congressman Mike Kennedy promotes healthy lunch for healthy kids act, highlighting benefits of nutritious school meals

 JANUARY 22: Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Utah, leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Utah Congressman Mike Kennedy discussed his Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act with John Solomon, which aims to improve school lunches by banning ultra-processed foods and certain chemicals like titanium dioxide. He emphasized the importance of setting a healthy example for children and suggested extending these standards to food stamp programs. Kennedy also highlighted the need for common-sense policies, such as requiring able-bodied SNAP recipients to work and avoiding soda and candy purchases and the recent decision in Utah to eliminate fluoride from the water supply.

 

 

 

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