Junk Foods Expelled from NJ Schools

WPVI NEWS ^ | 2-23-07

[Cagey]

TRENTON, N.J. - Junk foods got expelled from schools today, when Governor Corzine signed a bill implementing new school nutrition standards.

The new law bars the sale or distribution of foods with minimal nutritional value in public school cafeterias and vending machines during school hours. Federal law defines such foods as those with less than five percent per serving of eight specified nutrients.

Under the law, vending machines will not be allowed to contain foods or soft drinks listing sugar as the first ingredient, or those with excess fat or saturated fat.

[Tax-chick]

And walked five miles to school in the snow, uphill both ways!

[Calpernia]

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[muawiyah]

These guys have absolutely no sympathy for diabetics or those with lactose intolerance.

It's like they are living in the Dark Ages.

[WV Mountain Mama]

Many times school clubs, like student council, buy the machines and keep the profit. Capitalism at work, until Chuckey goes home to pig out on chips and sit in front of the tv playing PSP all night and gets fat.

[Loyalist]

Can World War II-style ration books and cards be far behind as a response to the "obesity crisis"?

[zook]

The only vending machine we had in HS (35 years ago) was a fruit machine. You could get an apple or an orange. 5 years after I graduated they opened a student store with candy, supplies, etc.

When I became a teacher for Detroit Public Schools, there were several pop machines around the school. Kids would go class to class selling candy for fundraisers.

Maybe it is time to turn all this down a notch.

[randita]

From what I hear from other parents, another problem is that the students aren't given adequate time to eat at the lunch period.

I don't believe that. Lunch periods are typically 20 mins. My sons, when younger, could wolf down foot long subs in less than 5.

Sugar is an acquired taste and often products with high sugar content also contain a high fat content. Kids crave sugar and get the fat as an added "bonus". Then when the sugar high wears off, they feel ravenous again and stuff down more sugary food.

Look at cultures which limit intake of sugar (Chinese, e.g.). They are not overweight.

Adults are the same--want something sweet as a snack or after meals. If you cut out sugar for a few weeks, you cease to crave it.

[basil]

Now--if they will just remove the crap from the curriculum, I'd say real progress had been made.

[Tax-chick]

I don't believe that. Lunch periods are typically 20 mins.

I wouldn't know, as my children don't attend school.

[Mase]

Look at cultures which limit intake of sugar (Chinese, e.g.). They are not overweight.

Carbohydrates aren't converted to glucose? Asian diets are very high in carbs. Lot of rice and noodles. Sucrose (sugar) is converted to glucose as well. This is not so much about the quality of food as it is about the quantity consumed and a lack of exercise.