Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Junk food banned from vending machines.
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 11:36:24 -0400
To:        <lpny_discuss@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>

 Given the Junk Science underlying most nutritionism , this is=
 risky 
 to the children's health .
 I trust the evolved intelligence of taste buds more than that of=
 the sort
 of zealots who claim everything good must be bad .

 Will they permit children to add their own salt ? 

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 22:30:50 EDT, jewishco1@aol.com wrote:
>=A0Junk Food Banned from Vending Machines
>
>=A0http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=3DoddlyEnoughNews&s=
toryID=3D2993747
>
>=A0NEW YORK (Reuters) - School officials are taking the candy away=
 from New
>=A0York's kids.
>
>=A0Starting in September, candy, soda and sweet snacks will be=
 banned from
>=A0vending machines in New York City's education system, the=
 largest in the United
>=A0States, officials announced at a City Council hearing on=
 Tuesday.
>
>=A0In addition, sugar, fat and salt will be trimmed from the=
 800,000 lunches
>=A0served daily in schools, the officials said.

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=A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/06/30 11:24:07 AM