News
February 20, 2011
“New lunch, snack guidelines are meant to battle childhood obesity”
SouthCoastToday.com
“Dartmouth High School athletes Patrick Condon, 16, and James Rider, 17, believe they generally are healthy eaters.
But ‘I have a friend, he eats “Little Debs” like every day,’ Rider said. ‘His mom’s getting on him for it.’
So are the state and federal governments, which — thanks to spiking concerns over childhood obesity — are making junk foods’ days in school cafeterias numbered.
A sample lunch menu that accompanied President Barack Obama’s signing of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 shows tater tots being swapped for baked sweet potato fries…”
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