| Lawmakers to push legislation to curb sale of junk foods
Massachusetts lawmakers will resume efforts this fall to crack down on certain junk foods in schools, empowered by a new congressional report that sets standards for school nutrition. In one measure, they will debate whether to restrict schools from selling certain junk foods, and, in a second measure, they are proposing a ban on all corporate advertisements, including those that pitch unhealthy foods and soft drinks. The junk food bill would require schools to offer a healthier selection of foods, such as items with zero trans-fats and less than 200 calories per portion. Students would still have access to vending machines, but during the school day their lunchrooms would replace snacks like fried potato chips and whole milk with baked chips and low-fat milk and offer dried fruit, nuts, and caffeine-free beverages.
Child commission wants junk food ban in its new guidelines on food in schools
For healthy children, stop sale of junk food, encourage students to take nutritious diet and promote physical activity. This is what precisely the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked all state governments to tell the schools. On eve of India's 60th Independence Day, the commission has issued guidelines on food and nutrition in schools considering rising children obesity figures, mainly in urban India. Commission says a quarter of children are eight overweight or obese. In Delhi, 24.2 per cent of school children were found obese in a survey conducted by Diabetes Foundation of India. A National Sample Survey Organisation survey released in May 2007 had pointed at huge increase in intake of fat food products among urban Indians, including school children.
Students will bite into healthy choices at school
When Troy students go back to the cafeteria line this year, they�ll continue to see more healthy food choices.
A variety of salads, packaged fruit and wheat bread are all on the menu, according to Gayle Moran, director of food service for the Troy School District.
But changes won�t be overwhelming.
�The changes we�ve made, we�ve done very gradually,� she said.
�We did put the wellness policy together two years now. We wanted to educate the students rather than force them to eat something healthy.�
A wellness policy is now required for schools participating in the federal lunch program. The policy enhanced the mission of providing a nutritious food service program, she said.
Students seem to have a taste for healthy foods � and beverages.
Indian Schools Asked to Ban Junk Food
India's children are getting increasingly overweight and unhealthy and the government is asking schools to ban junk food, officials said Thursday. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, a government advisory body, has drawn up healthy eating guidelines for both government and privately run schools to follow, said Sandhya Bajaj, a commission member. .
Indian schools asked to ban junk food
India's children are getting increasingly overweight and unhealthy and the government is asking schools to ban junk food, officials said Thursday. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, a government advisory body, has drawn up healthy eating guidelines for both government and privately run schools to follow, said Sandhya Bajaj, a commission member. "The number of overweight children in schools is growing," Bajaj said in a telephone interview. She said that the commission was getting complaints from parents who said that their children were buying unhealthy food from school cafeterias. Obesity is emerging as a serious health problem in urban India, a paradox in a country where nearly half the children are malnourished and underweight.
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