Texas moves to make public school lunches healthier; 38% of fourth-graders remain overweight

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: soft drinks, child nutrition, childhood obesity

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She's right, of course, and it's downright unbelievable that public schools throughout the United States continue to serve children foods that blatantly promote obesity, diabetes, and mental and behavioral disorders like Attention Deficit Disorder. It's nutrition at its worst. How do we expect our children to learn anything when their bodies are pumped full of toxic foods and drinks served at the school cafeteria?

To make matters worse, most public schools continue to sell junk foods and soft drinks through vending machines that kick back a portion of revenues to the school district. Kids get their sugar high, and the school gets a few dollars to help pay for books and salaries. Meanwhile, teachers get classrooms full of crazed, caffeine-addicted kids who suffer all the classic side effects of consuming high fructose corn syrup and other refined sugars.

At least Texas is doing something about it: no more fried foods, they say. No whole milk. No high-sugar foods. It's about time. Now we need a national ban on soft drinks and junk foods in our nation's schools. What we need is a federal law that forbids public schools from serving disease-causing foods and drinks to children. And, technically, cow's milk should be off the menu too, but that's another issue altogether...