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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2625 

To amend section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to include 

eating disorders prevention within the nutrition education and obesity 

prevention grant program and the local wellness program; and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 9, 2019 

Ms. ADAMS (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 

the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently 

determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

2008 to include eating disorders prevention within the 

nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program 

and the local wellness program; and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Long-term InVestment 

5 in Education for Wellness Act’’ or the ‘‘LIVE Well Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Eating disorders affect 30 million Ameri4 cans during their lifetime and have the highest mor5 tality rate of any psychiatric illness. 

6 (2) Eating disorders affect people of all body 

7 sizes, ages, races, sexual orientations, ethnicities, 

8 and socioeconomic statuses. 

9 (3) Eating disorders are complex, biologically 

10 based serious mental illnesses that include the spe11 cific disorders of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, 

12 binge eating disorder, avoidant-restrictive food in13 take disorder, and other specified feeding or eating 

14 disorders. 

15 (4) Eighty percent of people with an eating dis16 order are normal or higher weight, and 81 percent 

17 of people with binge eating disorder are clinically 

18 higher weight or have obesity. 

19 (5) One in 4 people seeking obesity treatment 

20 has an underlying eating disorder that is often 

21 undiagnosed. 

22 (6) Children in higher weight bodies are more 

23 likely to engage in unhealthy weight-control measures, and 2 24 ⁄3 are at risk of an eating disorder. 

25 (7) Research shows that focusing on weight 

26 talk, weight stigma, and dieting does not result in 


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long-term reduction in weight; 2 1 ⁄3 of dieters will re2 gain more weight than lost from dieting. 

3 (8) Studies show that shifting prevention fo4 cuses from weight and dieting towards long-term 

5 health practices, including a focus on body positivity, 

6 nutrition, decreasing weight-based bullying or har7 assment, and physical activity, without a focus on 

8 weight, BMI testing, or negative weight talk, re9 duces risk factors for populations affected by eating 

10 disorders and populations affected by obesity. 

11 SEC. 3. EATING DISORDERS PREVENTION. 

12 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 28 of the Food and Nu13 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) is amended— 

14 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 

15 subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

16 eating disorders prevention, or’’, 

17 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAMS.—The Secretary, acting 

20 through the Director of the National Institute of Food and 

21 Agriculture, in consultation with the Administrator of the 

22 Food and Nutrition Service, shall implement an evidence23 based nutrition education, eating disorders prevention, or 

24 obesity prevention program for eligible individuals that 


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1 promotes healthy food choices and physical activity with 

2 a focus on long-term health practices.’’, 

3 (3) in subsection (c)— 

4 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘AND’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘, EATING DISORDERS PREVENTION, 

6 OR’’, 

7 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

8 (i) by inserting ‘‘evidence-based’’ after 

9 ‘‘deliver’’, and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

11 eating disorders prevention, or’’, 

12 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘, eating disorders 

15 prevention, or’’, and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘ 

18 and’’ at the end, 

19 (II) in clause (iv) by striking the 

20 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

21 and’’, and 

22 (III) by adding at the end the 

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘(v) ensure that interventions encour2 age screening for eating disorders and in3 clude long-term health practices.’’, 

4 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (I) in clause (i) by inserting ‘‘eat7 ing disorders prevention and screen8 ing,’’ after ‘‘education,’’, and 

9 (II) in clause (iii) by inserting 

10 ‘‘and long-term health practices’’ after 

11 ‘‘nutrition’’, and 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

13 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

14 (i)— 

15 (aa) by inserting ‘‘and eat16 ing disorders prevention,’’ after 

17 ‘‘education’’, and 

18 (bb) by inserting ‘‘, Assist19 ant Secretary of the Substance 

20 Abuse and Mental Health Serv21 ices Administration,’’ after ‘‘Cen22 ters for Disease Control and Pre23 vention’’, and 


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1 (II) in clause (ii) by inserting 

2 ‘‘and eating disorders’’ after ‘‘edu3 cation’’, 

4 (E) in paragraph (4)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘edu6 cation’’, and 

7 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, eating disorders 

8 prevention, or’’ after ‘‘nutrition edu9 cation’’, 

10 (F) in paragraph (6)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘nutrition 

12 education’’, and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, eating disorders 

14 prevention, or’’ after ‘‘nutrition edu15 cation’’, 

16 (G) in paragraph (7)(C)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘nutrition 

18 education’’, and 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, eating disorders 

20 prevention, or’’ after ‘‘nutrition edu21 cation’’, 

22 (H) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

23 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘, eating 

24 disorders prevention, or’’, and 

25 (I) in paragraph (9)(A)(i)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘the nutri2 tion education’’, and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, eating disorders 

4 prevention, or’’ after ‘‘nutrition edu5 cation’’, 

6 (4) in subsection (d)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ the 

8 first place it appears and inserting ‘‘, eating 

9 disorders prevention, or’’, 

10 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

12 ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘, eating disorders 

13 prevention, or’’, and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘, eating disorders 

16 prevention, or’’, and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

20 may be necessary to carry out this section.’’, and 

21 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘long23 term health practices’ means long-lasting changes within 

24 an individual focused on nutrition, body positivity, and 


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1 physical activity, focusing on overall health outcomes in2 cluding changes in behavior and metabolic health.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. LOCAL WELLNESS GRANTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9A of the Richard B. 

5 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758b) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘pro9 motion of long-term health practices (as defined 

10 in subsection (f) of section 28 of the Food and 

11 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a)), re12 duction of disordered eating within children,’’ 

13 after ‘‘activity,’’, and 

14 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘reg15 istered dietitian nutritionists, licensed mental 

16 health professionals,’’ after ‘‘administrators,’’, 

17 (2) in subsection (d)— 

18 (A) paragraph (1)— 

19 (i) by inserting ‘‘and in coordination 

20 with the Substance Abuse and Mental 

21 Health Services Administration,’’ after 

22 ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and Preven23 tion,’’, and 

24 (ii) by inserting ‘‘school health profes25 sionals,’’ after ‘‘school food authorities,’’, 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2)(C)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘and eating disorders 

3 prevention and screening’’ after ‘‘sound 

4 nutrition’’, and 

5 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and long-term health 

6 practices (as such term is defined in sub7 section (f) of section 28 of the Food and 

8 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a))’’ 

9 after ‘‘nutrition environments’’, 

10 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

12 ‘‘and the Substance Abuse and Mental 

13 Health Services Administration’’ after 

14 ‘‘Centers for Disease Control and Preven15 tion’’, and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

17 ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’, and 

18 (D) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

19 ‘‘2011’’, and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

20 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub21 section (a) shall apply beginning with the first school year 

22 that begins at least 90 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act. 

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