My name is Evelyn Spaulding, I am in 8th grade at Pentucket Middle School and I want to add food rating labels to the front of food packaging. I want to do this because I have recognized and researched the decreasing food quality in America. This is leading to an unhealthy future with increased disease rates, a lower quality of life and decreased life expectancy. This issue matters to me because I want to be a part of a change to bring a healthier America.  

      My proposal is to add a rating scale on the front-of-packaging that is easy to interpret and that anyone can read. This system would rate the overall nutrition on a scale 1 through 5, and highlight specific dangers that come from eating that particular food. A system that is similar to this already exists in France as the nutri-score, this is an optional system that is easy to read and interpret.  

Although this system is optional it is a tremendas step in making a healthier future, we need to do this too. With this petition I will reach out to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) to start the process of change. In 2017 it was found that 42% of American adults were obese, let's be the generation to change that.