Thank you!

Every day, about 40 percent of students buy snacks at school, and nearly 70 percent buy sugary drinks. Many snacks and drinks available for sale at school — through vending machines, à la carte lines, stores and fundraisers — are high in calories, fat, sugar, and salt, and low in nutritional value.

The good news is that in February 2013, for the first time in 30 years, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed national nutrition standards for all foods and drinks sold on school campuses. We asked Bag the Junk readers to raise their voice for this important cause, and boy did they ever.

Thank you to the more than 200,000 people who let the USDA know why nutritious snack food and beverages in schools matter!