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Show Thursday, September 8, 2995 DAILY HERALD Study Junkfood competes ful fare in schools withLibbyhealth Quai TE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals in nine out of 10 schools, a government survey found. Already plentiful in high schools, junk food has become moreavailable in middle schools had restricted sales of competi. tive foods until a 1983 federa) court ruling, in a lawsuit by the National Soft Drink Associa. tion, limited its regulation to cording to the Government Ac- food service areas such as caf. eterias during mealtime. tive arm of Congress. “Parents should know that cour schools are now oneof the dollars from selling competjtive foods; 30 percentofhigh gacounting Office, the investi largest sources of unhealthy food for their kids,” Sen. Tom Harkin, who asked for the study, said in an interview. ould anyoneadvocate that wetakethe fences off the playgroundfor elementary schools Schools raise substantial schools raised moret! $125,000 annually. The GAO. said it was unclear how much competitive food sales benefited school groups and how muchbenefited schoolfood service. Advocacy groups pointto a governmentstudy of 17 the streets?” Harkin, D-lowa, schools anddistrictsthat imsaid. “By the same token, why provedthe nutritional value of would weallow schools to sort _ their foods. Revenue increased of poison our kids with junk in 12 schools anddid not change - food?” andjust let kids run aroundin Obesity amongchildren and teenagers morethan doubled in the past three decades, according to the government— chartered Institute of Medicine. Obese kids will become adults with chronic health problems, said Harkin,the senior Democrat on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. . Heandother lawmakerssaid they want the governmentto set nutrition standards for food throughout schools andnotjust in the cafeteria. ; Giving kids healthier options “should not be a suggestion, it should be a requirement,” said Sen.Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., another committee member. Kids are suffering from higher rates ofdiabetes, high blood pressureandotherillnesses normally associated with adults, said Rep. GeorgeMiller, D-Calif. Atissue are so-called competitive foods — snacks such as candy, soda, pizza and popcorn available in a la carte lines in cafeterias, in vending machinesandinschoolstores. Apples and milk also are com- in four others, the study by the Agriculture Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. “Schools can make money withoutselling junk food,” said Margo G, Wootan,directorof nutrition policy for the Center for Sciencein the Public Interest. The GAO sampled schools thatparticipate in the Agriculture Department's federal schoollunch program,which subsidizes school meals and reg. ulates their nutritional content. Those meals haveto follow the government's dietaryguidelines, whichcall for eating more fruits, vegetables and whole grains andless calories, fat, added sugars and sodium, The GAOreported thatof 656 schools in its sample, 51 percent of principals and schoolfood directors responded to a Webbased survey. Investigatorsalso traveled to six schooldistricts that have tried to substitute healthier choices for less nutritious foods. 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