Tuesday, March 5, 2013

6 Snacks We Should Ban from the Classroom

     Over the past few years, nutritional standards have improved in the lunchroom, but the classroom door is still wide open to the perils of junk food and empty calories. A recent study published in Childhood Obesity found that snacks brought from home are more likely to be high in fat and sugar, and that sack lunches often lack fruit, vegetables, and dairy products compared with school lunches. With that in mind, I took a good, hard look at what kids are eating these days and rounded up a list of foods that should be banned from school. Here are six foods that just don’t make the grade.
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http://eatthis.womenshealthmag.com/slide/1-cheetos?slideshow=187091#sharetagsfocus



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