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Bittersweets: Schools combat cupcake menace
9:11 pm October 4, 2009, by Maureen Downey
Cupcakes are viewed as health threat in some schools ALLEN SULLIVAN / [email protected]
New York City schools have become no cupcake zones.
Taking aim at skyrocketing obesity, the city’s Education Department has banned the use of bake sales as fund-raisers for teams and clubs, according to The New York Times. (An exception is made in the new wellness policy for parent groups and PTAs. They can sell treats once a month.)
In Georgia, some schools have banned baked goods as snacks, requesting that parents send in granola bars, raisins or carrots.
(I find it contradictory for schools to forbid foods made from fresh ingredients in favor of processed granola and fruit bars that contain enough preservatives to outlast an ice age. )
The Times reports that about 40 percent of the city’s elementary and middle school students are overweight or obese.
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9:11 pm October 4, 2009, by Maureen Downey
Cupcakes are viewed as health threat in some schools ALLEN SULLIVAN / [email protected]
New York City schools have become no cupcake zones.
Taking aim at skyrocketing obesity, the city’s Education Department has banned the use of bake sales as fund-raisers for teams and clubs, according to The New York Times. (An exception is made in the new wellness policy for parent groups and PTAs. They can sell treats once a month.)
In Georgia, some schools have banned baked goods as snacks, requesting that parents send in granola bars, raisins or carrots.
(I find it contradictory for schools to forbid foods made from fresh ingredients in favor of processed granola and fruit bars that contain enough preservatives to outlast an ice age. )
The Times reports that about 40 percent of the city’s elementary and middle school students are overweight or obese.
Read the rest here
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