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Kids Act Opposition

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Yesterday, I told you about the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 with the objective of improving the choices of the food offerings in school lunches. But great ideas that were started two years ago may die before they really get going. School districts, food industry advocates, and a national school-lunch association (funded in part by the food industry) are seeking to change the Kids Act. They say that the new guidelines cost too much, there’s too much waste, and school lunch purchases have declined. They want the guidelines waived if a school loses money on their . . .

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Healthy Hunger-Free Kids

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There’s no easy way to say this so I’m just going to blurt it out: we’re raising a generation of overweight and obese children. They eat too much saturated fat, too much sodium, not enough vegetables, not enough fruit, and they’re way too sedentary. When Paula and I go out to eat, I can always predict what nearby children are going to order or what they’ll be eating: chicken nuggets or mac and cheese. I’m always right, but I wish I weren’t. I understand that it’s tough to be a parent who . . .

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Never Going to Happen

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I was walking in the cereal aisle of a grocery store the other day. Actually, I walked up, then down, at different times. I can’t explain it, but I’m sure it’s a man thing. Even with a list, I wander around and around. But the way I shop is not the point—it’s the way other people shop.

The first time, a little girl in a grocery cart jumped up pointing to the Fruit Loops shouting, “There they are!” I don’t know whether she saw the television ads or normally ate them, but a three . . .

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