It increases physical activity for students and it restores the Presidential Fitness Test and limits successive classroom screen time for children. The bill also requires Iowa to continue pursuing federal waivers that support healthier food choices through snap. Iowa has already led the nation by removing soda and candy from the system and we issued one of the first SNAP waivers in the country to Iowa. Thanks again to your leadership and your alacrity. The University of Iowa has already signed our Nutrition Education pledge and will require at least 40 hours of nutrition education or an equivalency or an equivalent competency standard for medical students beginning in 2026. (08:22–08:37)
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Asserts that Iowa was a pioneer in removing soda and candy from SNAP and received an early waiver.
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