Time after time celebrities use their notoriety for a good cause. This is one of them. Scarlett Johansson has written Congressman George Miller in order to ask him to support the Healthy School Meals Act of 2010. This act, initiated by Representative Jared Polis, would reward school districts for offering plant-based vegetarian options and healthful non-dairy beverages. Johansson has been an advocate for feeding hungy children and in the letter states the importance of providing children with heathly lunchroom meals filled with more fruits and vegetables in order to promote a healthy lifestyle and to combat childhood obesity. Johansson wrote, "School is an environment where children develop life skills, skills that help them to become responsible young people who will one day be able to care for themselves. A means to a healthy diet and nutritional education must begin in the school cafeteria, on the lunch line". We should all follow her example and push for this act.
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