Should soda & snacks be suspended?
Connecticut's Legislature has been rocked by a food
fight--over a bill that would have banned soda and candy from
public-school, cafeterias and vending machines vending machine, coin-operated, automatic device for selling goods. Many vending machines are capable of making change, and some of the more sophisticated ones accept paper money or credit cards. in an effort to fight
childhood obesity childhood obesity Public health Overweight in a child, an average BMI of ≥ 85% for age and sex; ≥ 95% for age and sex is very obese. See Body-mass index, Obesity. Cf Adult obesity. . But some school officials feared the loss of
vending-machine revenues, and beverage companies said their products
were unfairly singled out while schools still served foods like pizza
and chicken nuggets, The bill was vetoed in June by the Governor:
Meanwhile, students in New Haven New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many have adjusted to a soda-and-candy ban
enacted by their school, system in 2003. It was "hard at
first," says one senior, who now washes down those nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest: - , a compilation of U.S. psychedelic rock released between 1965 and 1968
- , a Rhino Records box set of non-U.S.
with
fruit juice.
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