Democrats Want To Ban School Junk Food
The New York Times on Sunday reported that the Obama administration will soon introduce legislation to restrict junk food in public schools . Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is talking about the proposal in a speech in Washington, D.C., today. This sequence from the Times ‘ article caught my attention: Orange County High School has vending machines with Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper, but even more popular among students is a candy cart wheeled into the school’s central hallway three …
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leahmacvie (Leah MacVie) : RT @eatmedaily Wife Swap: Junk Food-Lovin Southerners vs Health Nut Family [video] - Eat Me D.. http://tinyurl.com/cqcdoz.. Updated : 2010-03-13T15:07:43Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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teeteelewinski (Tyana Ingram) : @MsTCaldwell happy junk food day.. Updated : 2010-03-13T15:06:07Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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NewDayInvesting (Sara ) : How to host a junk food, candy free party for kids: http://is.gd/9L6PO #FleurHupston.. Updated : 2010-03-13T15:06:03Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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lulu_mx00 (Lulu) : RT @unhealthytruth: Junk Food as questioned by a 4 yr old: "Why would you want to eat food that wrecks your brain & is made of plastic?" Go.. Updated : 2010-03-13T15:01:47Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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THATBUZZCHICK (T-MARIE) : @mrwho_da1 -thanks sweetie, but uhmmmmmmm..my 30+ metabo is showing affects of my junk food addiction..I can definitely lose some weight!.. Updated : 2010-03-13T14:59:09Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Soda Tax Could Shake Up Industry
[Food & Drink]Amid the health care overhaul debate, one big question has been where to come up with about $1 trillion in funding to change the system. One idea that has been suggested is a junk food tax — and, in particular, a tax on soda.
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Education reform: Let's start by burning all the textbooks
[Educational]Paper textbooks are problematic in two ways: First, they're paper. Second, they're textbooks. Paper textbooks are bland, lifeless, designed-by-committee, politically correct intellectual junk food that cost five times what they should. It's time to go electronic with course materials, and let instructors (and students) choose *real* books online.
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20 Worst Supermarket Foods
[Health]Some egregious offenders in the supermarket are conspicuous calorie bombs, others are junk food masquerading as healthy food, but all 20 of these foods have one thing in common: They'll undermine efforts to lose weight and feel great.
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Red wine weight loss wonder drug lets you eat junk food
[General Sciences]A drug inspired by red wine could allow people to eat as much junk food as they like without putting on a pound. The couch potato's dream, it could also provide the benefits of exercise without moving a muscle.If that were not enough, the pill, which mimics the action of resveratrol, the 'wonder ingredient' in red wine, may also prevent diabetes.
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Sesame Street DVD Disclaimer: "It's For Adults Only"
[Television]Oscar too irritable. Cookie Monster too beholden to the junk food industry. Today's young children too fragile for vintage Sesame Street. Say it ain't so, Snuffy!
