There's less junk food in schools, the CDC says Booster Shots Los Angeles Times:
"Soda, chips, candy -- sure, they're everywhere, but in in the nation's schools, they're no longer quite as plentiful as they were, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Read it here.)
States with the biggest improvements -- no surprise -- were ones that 'have adopted strong school nutrition standards and policies for foods and beverages sold outside school meal programs,' according to a summary of the report.
The report, which examines changes in 2002 through 2008, also found:
1) Of 34 states that collected data, the average number of secondary schools that didn't sell soda or fruit drinks that weren't 100% juice went from 38% in 2006 to 64% in 2008.
Mississippi and Tennessee did best, increasing to 75% from 22% (Mississippi) and to 74% from 27% (Tennessee)."
"Soda, chips, candy -- sure, they're everywhere, but in in the nation's schools, they're no longer quite as plentiful as they were, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Read it here.)
States with the biggest improvements -- no surprise -- were ones that 'have adopted strong school nutrition standards and policies for foods and beverages sold outside school meal programs,' according to a summary of the report.
The report, which examines changes in 2002 through 2008, also found:
1) Of 34 states that collected data, the average number of secondary schools that didn't sell soda or fruit drinks that weren't 100% juice went from 38% in 2006 to 64% in 2008.
Mississippi and Tennessee did best, increasing to 75% from 22% (Mississippi) and to 74% from 27% (Tennessee)."
