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This fact sheet describes the impact of unhealthy school food environments on childhood obesity and wellness. Learn about policies that can improve the school food environment, including setting nutrition standards for school meal programs, restricting access to unhealthy foods and drinks, ensuring access to healthy options, protecting children from food industry marketing, and protecting the food environment around schools. Children need these policies to grow, develop, and succeed <\/strong>at school and beyond the school grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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