“…Since the original LWP mandate, there has been a patchwork of district LWPs and state laws governing the school wellness, health, nutrition, and physical activity environments in the United States [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. There are tools for measuring the comprehensiveness (scope) and strength (required provisions) of LWPs [ 9 , 10 , 11 ] and concomitant state laws [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. Numerous studies within individual states and nationwide have examined LWP content, consistently demonstrating that while LWPs are comprehensive (i.e., addressing many topics), they are often weak (i.e., simply encouraging rather than requiring specific actions) [ 5 , 6 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ].…”