This is a good step toward reducing artery-clogging fat in french fries, but it doesn't make french fries a health food.
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Communities that do step up to reverse poor nutrition trends often face considerable opposition from soda and junk food manufacturers, but while it used to be that industry always won, that's not always the case now, ... because schools are already in the business of feeding children it's a matter of changing what's offered, not necessarily taking on new responsibilities.Margo Wootan
It's as important for children to know how to prevent heart disease, cancer and diabetes as it is for children to learn geography, ... These are important life skills that are not intuitively obvious.
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The money from soda contracts comes out of children's and parents' pockets. Coke, Pepsi, and other junk-food marketers enjoy being in schools because they know it is one of the only places they can target kids without parental interference.
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The gist of what it says is clear -- that companies are not marketing food responsibly to kids. They need to make changes.
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Schools can make money without selling junk food.
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