{"id":465480,"date":"2010-03-24T07:45:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T11:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=97980"},"modified":"2010-03-24T07:45:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T11:45:38","slug":"scarlett-johansson-urges-lawmakers-to-pass-healthy-school-meals-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/465480","title":{"rendered":"Scarlett Johansson Urges Lawmakers To Pass Healthy School Meals Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Globe-winning actress Scarlett Johansson has issued a plea to a U.S. Congressman asking him to pass a new bill to promote healthy eating in American schools.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Lost In Translation<\/em> beauty recently shot off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcrm.org\/news\/ScarlettJohanssonlettertoCongressmanMiller.pdf\">a letter<\/a> California Congressman George Miller, seeking his support for the Healthy School Meals Act.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/100204P2_JOHANSSON_B-GR_01-499x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"100204P2_JOHANSSON_B-GR_01\" width=\"499\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-97981\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-97980\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m asking you to support the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010. It is our responsibility, as adults, to give school children the nutrients and vitamins they so vitally need, especially during school hours where their food intake may be monitored,\u201d <\/em>Scarlett wrote. <em>\u201cI am so thankful that the National School Lunch Program (a scheme to give low-cost or free lunches to school children) exists and helps children around the nation get enough to eat. But right now, many of the foods served through this program do not support children\u2019s healthy development,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Healthy School Meals Act of 2010, H.R. 4870, was introduced by Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado on March 18. The bill would reward school districts for offering plant-based vegetarian options and healthful nondairy beverages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_o-B04fxu4KoJ5C9D8H-FbqbYj4\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_o-B04fxu4KoJ5C9D8H-FbqbYj4\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_o-B04fxu4KoJ5C9D8H-FbqbYj4\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_o-B04fxu4KoJ5C9D8H-FbqbYj4\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden Globe-winning actress Scarlett Johansson has issued a plea to a U.S. Congressman asking him to pass a new bill to promote healthy eating in American schools. The Lost In Translation beauty recently shot off a letter California Congressman George Miller, seeking his support for the Healthy School Meals Act. \u201cI\u2019m asking you to support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-465480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}