EDITORIAL EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION.THE amount of deep-fried, fat-filled or sugary sug·ar·y adj. sug·ar·i·er, sug·ar·i·est 1. Characterized by or containing sugar: sugary foods. 2. Tasting or looking like sugar. 3. things that America's kids consume each day is taking a toll on the health of our nation. To that end, the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. voted last week to remove the candy bars, potato chips and cupcakes from the vending machines and student stores and replace them with healthy snacks. The intention behind the action is good, and we hope it works. However, other efforts to stop youngsters from socially unacceptable behavior, such as using drugs and having sex, have failed because the message of complete abstinence abstinence: see fasting; temperance movements. clashed with their reality. It is important to improve the diets of not just kids, but of all Americans. Totally removing one source of junk food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food is not going to do it, particularly when the messages of excess consumption are all around us. |
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