Sentences with phrase «junk food restrictions»

08.23.2012 Healthy Vending & Removal of Junk Food in Schools Linked to Healthy Weight in Children A recent study finds that students in schools with stronger junk food restrictions are more likely to be at healthier body weights.

The group noted some of its most notable interventions in the last year, this included ensuring responsible alcohol ad targeting, as well as gambling and junk food restrictions.

Not exact matches

The main criticisms of the government's measures have largely centred on the voluntary action by the food and drink industry and the absence of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.

The government's measures, centred on the sugar tax announced by George Osborne in March, rely on voluntary action by the food and drink industry and are shorn of any restrictions on junk food marketing and advertising.

And there are also many, many things we could be doing to encourage children's acceptance of healthier school meals: imposing meaningful restrictions on children's junk food advertising; requiring food education in schools — not just nutrition education, but offering kids a real understanding of our food system, and overtly inoculating them against the allure of hyper - processed and fast food; teaching all children basic cooking skills; getting more gardens into schools; encouraging restaurants to ditch the standard breaded - and - fried children's menu; imposing taxes on soda (and even junk food); improving food access; and so much more.

Now, though, the Texas Department of Agriculture inexplicably wants to take a huge step backwards in child nutrition by proposing: a return of deep fat fryers to our schools; a six-fold increase in the number of allowed junk food fundraising days; and the abolition of the «time and place» competitive food restrictions that have served our children well for over a decade.

Instead we instituted a groundbreaking school nutrition policy to remove the worst junk food on our school campuses, including a ban on deep fat fryers and the imposition of common sense «time and place» restrictions on the sale of competitive foods in the cafeteria during school meal times.

A food act in Peru introducing mandatory front of pack warnings for pre-packaged foods high in sugar, salt and fat and restrictions on junk food advertising to children and young people

While outright bans may be seen as going too far, some kind of restriction on junk food in schools seems like a sensible adult decision, given the impact of obesity on children, families, and the health care system so well documented in Weight of the Nation.

I would have bulked at restrictions to advertise junk food to children.

Healthy is not about cheat days or finding junk food in the health food store that abides by our latest list of dietary restrictions.

The new SMILES trial was presented at the conference: the first randomized controlled diet depression study where ONE THIRD of the dietary intervention group saw improvements in their depression and anxiety symptoms by switching from processed / junk food to real food with no specific dietary restrictions.