Martinsburg, W.VA. – Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey has been joined by the Secretary of Health and Social Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to announce a series of state-of-scale initiatives to make Virginia-Western in good. These initiatives model the Trump administration and the Make America Healthy (Maha) movement of secretary Kennedy.
“The Make America Healthy Again movement begins here in Virginia-Western”, ” said Governor Patrick Morrisey. “We clean our food, promote exercise and put nutrition in instant. I am engaged in the vision of secretary Kennedy for America and the elevation of health standards here in the mountain state.
“Today marks a powerful step towards a healthier future for our children”, ” Secretary Kennedy said.“We restore public confidence in our health agencies and we are working to make America again healthy by eliminating harmful food coloring from school lunches and guaranteeing the nutrition programs funded by taxpayers, the choices of healthy and nourishing choices.
Governor Morrisy presented his “four pillars of a healthy virginia-Western” with additional announcements intended to strengthen each pillar.
Morrisey defined the four pillars like:
- Clean food
- Find a goal, find health
- Move your body, change your life
- Reward healthy choices
The announcements that have followed each pillar are to be healthier today than yesterday. They include:
- Officially announcing the signing of the Bill of Chamber 2354, which prohibits certain harmful dietary dyes in school lunches and unhealthy foods for sale in West Virginia.
- The implementation of work, training and education requirements for SNAP beneficiaries.
- The “Mountainer Mile”, an initiative on the scale of the state for each Virginian-Western to go out and walk one mile per day.
- Applying for a derogation from the federal government for Virginia-Western to ensure that taxpayers no longer pay soda on snap.
Morrisey concluded the event by signing a letter of intent to request derogations from changes to the SNAP program in Virginia-Western.