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U.S. Lawmakers Consider Sweeping Effort to Banish Junk Foods From Public Schools 6-30-08
An amendment to the farm bill, currently being considered by the Senate,
would enact a widespread ban on the sale of junk food to children on school
grounds.
Under the new rules, developed with intense involvement from the American
Beverage Association and other drink and food manufacturers, strict limits would
be placed on what foods may be sold on school campuses from vending machines,
snack bars and cafeteria a la carte lines.
In elementary schools, the only beverages allowed for sale would be plain
bottled water, eight-ounce fruit juices or low-fat milk with up to 170 calories
per serving. The milk could be flavored. Foods would have to contain 35 percent
sugar or less and be low in trans and saturated fats and sodium. Snack foods
could contain no more than 180 calories per serving.
In high schools, the same standards would apply, but snack foods could contain
up to 200 calories per serving. In addition, high school students could purchase
diet sodas and sports drinks, and any other drink with up to 66 calories per
eight-ounce serving. After five years, other drinks would be limited to 25
calories per serving.
Occasional fund-raising projects such as Girl Scout cookie sales would be exempt
from the new rules. The rules would not affect regular cafeteria food, which is
already subject to stronger nutritional standards.
Individual states would be barred from passing stricter regulations, although
individual school districts would be allowed to do so.
It is this last factor, along with the involvement of the food and beverage
industry, that has driven some to say that the new rules do not go far enough,
and will make it difficult to impose stricter standards in the future.
"It's crazy to think we are going to fix children's health just by letting
companies sell schoolchildren smaller portions of Gatorade and baked chips,"
said Susan Rubin, nutritionist and the founder of Better School Food.
Comment:
Believe it or not, I don't think this is a totally flawless idea. With regard to the soft drinks regulations that would make all drinks sugar free within 5 years; we have enough problems with ADHD, autism, acting out, and other behavioral problems. Giving children access to all the Splenda and NutraSweet they want to consume is not a good idea. They need to change that ruling to only allow 100% fruit juice and vegetable juices and blends. The milk should only be organic and if flavored be naturally flavored and colored.
School lunch menus should be allot more like a Jason's deli and not McDonalds. If schools are going to outsource their food service to McDonalds, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and many others are they going to be held to the same criteria? I made my kids take partial lunch and they got the salad bar. This is probably the best solution for most parents. In my kids High school they banned bottled water! My daughter got suspended for having it! Needless to say, they are home schooled now!
Children need mandatory nutrition classes and healthy lifestyle classes to learn how to make healthy choices. And of course the problem with that is what and who will be teaching them. They will be taught all about how whole grains and milk are the most important.
I long for the day that organic gardening is a required course in public school!