BEVERAGE INDUSTRY TIGHTENS POLICY: School vending goes on a diet: Sugar addicts will be out of luck under new rules aimed at overweight kids Main Edition

"This is addressing one small aspect of the issue, but an important one," said Lola O'Rourke, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "Schools are, in addition to learning at home with the family, one of the most important places to be expose...

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Published inThe Atlanta journal-constitution (2001)
Main Author CAROLINE WILBERT, ELIZABETH LEE, DAVID HO
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 04.05.2006
Subjects
Bans
Beverage industry
Nutrition
Schools
Soft drinks
Vending machines
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Summary:"This is addressing one small aspect of the issue, but an important one," said Lola O'Rourke, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. "Schools are, in addition to learning at home with the family, one of the most important places to be exposed to good nutrition." "The activist community out there wasn't going away," Susan Neely, president of the beverage association, said in a telephone interview. "Soft drinks continued to be a focal point of that debate." CAPTION: Under the schools deal reached by the American Heart Association, Clinton Foundation and beverage industry, sugary soft drinks are out, while water and some low-calorie beverages are still allowed. IN > Diet soft drinks Only high schools > Sports drinks Only high schools (Gatorade, Powerade) > Light or diet fruit or tea drinks Only high schools (Minute Maid, Nestea) > Certain real fruit juices (Tropicana, Minute Maid) --- OUT > Sugary soft drinks (Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper) > Sugary fruit or tea drinks (Snapple, Nestea) Graphic includes photos of a Coca-Cola can and a diet Pepsi can.
ISSN:1539-7459