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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that death related to diet now causes as many premature deaths as tobacco. Poor diet can be attributed to many different factors in our society, including the accessibility to high fat fast food options, our busy lifestyles, and our lack of nutrition education. Although public schools usually include nutrition into their health curriculum, less than one third of schools provide specific and complete nutritional education programs. As a result students are not learning how to eat properly and prepare healthy food. Studies