Sentences with phrase «sale of junk food»

Tobias, I largely agree with you, but was wondering if, by «subsidize the production and sale of junk food,» you simply mean our tariffs on imported sugar.

And if you force me to choose between alleviating childhood hunger and promoting sugar companies and the sale of junk food, of course I'll side with hungry children.

When it comes to the sale of junk food on campus, high schools tend to be the biggest offenders.

THE CUPCAKES ARE SAFE: The Department of Agriculture does not intend its proposed rules on the marketing or sale of junk foods in schools to prohibit class treats, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a hearing held by the House appropriations agriculture subcommittee Friday.

Not exact matches

But a food seller that looks to the aggregate social consequences of its junk - food sales, and tries to mitigate negative impacts, might be said to be doing so as part of its social licence to operate.

Last week we went to Orlando for my company's annual National Sales Meeting, where thousands of Insight Globalites congregate for a cult - like meeting where we all chant how great IG is, drink more alcoholic beverages than necessary, and eat entirely too much junk food.

But one concern I have here in my own district is the sale of foods that look OK on paper but are still what most of us would consider junk food, like Flaming Hot Cheetos that are baked, not fried, or Rice Krispie treats that are only 200 calories per serving.

Today on my Houston ISD school food blog, The Spork Report, I describe two potentially encouraging developments which could presage the end of junk food in our cafeterias: the recent, courageous action of two of our school board trustees in objecting to the sale of these foods, as well as a fantastic Houston Chronicle editorial today in which the paper urges HISD to clean up its act.

In her writing, public speaking and advocacy work, Siegel has been a vocal supporter of improved federal school nutrition standards, curbing junk food sales on school campuses and otherwise improving children's school food environments.

Kate: I agree there's an age at which we can expect kids to exercise their own judgment, bolstered by messages at home, though I still object at any grade level to the infiltration in schools of Big Food corporate interests, the sale of junk by the school itself, etc..

After finding out that her cafeteria was operating at a loss, despite heavy sales of soda and junk food, she advocated for a pilot program at one middle school:

With all the birthday celebrations, holiday parties, ice cream and candy rewards, bake sales, and sugar - fueled after - hours events, school has started to feel like one big junk food fest (SEE: Rant of the Day: Please Stop Feeding My Kids Junk Food at Schoojunk food fest (SEE: Rant of the Day: Please Stop Feeding My Kids Junk Food at Schoofood fest (SEE: Rant of the Day: Please Stop Feeding My Kids Junk Food at SchooJunk Food at SchooFood at School!).

Texas's nutrition standards are pretty lax when compared to the new federal rules (allowing, for example, 28 grams of fat in a given item), but the TDA has relied upon them since 2009 to curb sales of the worst junk food on Texas school campuses.

And while the new federal rules do make an exception for occasional junk food fundraisers, such as a bake sale, HB1781 has no such limitation, allowing high school junk food fundraisers every day of the school year.

In it, I discuss Houston ISD's long and troubling history of turning a blind eye to illegal campus junk food — even after the implementation of Smart Snacks — and how continued junk food sales will only make the job of our wonderful new school food director, Betti Wiggins, exponentially harder.

The following two provisions would effectively prevent co-marketing of junk food in schools via copycat snacks: 210.30 (b)(1) Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodfood in schools via copycat snacks: 210.30 (b)(1) Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodFood and Beverage Marketing and Advertising: Food and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the prodFood and Beverage Marketing and Advertising means an oral, written, or graphic statement or representation, including a company logo or trademark, made for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of a product by the producer, manufacturer, distributer, seller, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the product.

Post-Harvey, many of our schools are going to be more cash - strapped than ever, and the temptation to raise money through junk food sales will be strong.

Confronted with rising rates of child obesity and a surge of youth allergies, many local schools seized the moment to take a firm stand against junk food served anywhere and any time in the building — including fare offered by parents for classroom parties, bake sales and club meetings.

Nutrition activists have been trying since 1994 to get soft drinks and junk food out of the reach of kids such as Vincent, who may find snacks and soda for sale in their cafeteria, vending machines and school stores.

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.

There is still a lot of junk food for sale in our school cafeteria — baked chips, cheetos, chex mix, muffins, rice crispy treats, goldfish, fruit roll - ups, cheddar crackers, etc..

Junk food sales don't even pay for themselves: On average, they bring in just 71 percent of the costs associated with offering them.

But if the foods in question are highly processed, «better - for - you» junk foods — «Baked Flamin» Hot Cheetos with Calcium» — the sale of such items still falls far afield of the agency's laudable goal of encouraging children to enjoy more natural foods in their whole state.

There may well be a negative financial impact to discontinuing the sale of a la carte junk foods.

It would take an entire book to explain how flawed the NSLP has become, how, starting in the 1970s and 80s, the program morphed from an anti-hunger initiative into one in which school districts were so starved of cash by the federal government (thank you, Ronald Reagan) that school children came to be seen as «customers» whose palates must be pleased at all costs, with heavier reliance on junk food a la carte sales and «carnival food» menus.

Junk food sales are a direct result of millions upon millions of dollars in advertising, strategically placed high fructose corn syrup, and prime residential space in grocery stores.

Junk food sales, which prey on our hardwired love of sugar and fat, are a surefire way to raise money quickly and cheaply.

And Rand Corp. researchers propose initiatives like those that worked for alcoholic beverages: Limit the density of fast - food outlets, ban sales in places that are not food stores, insist that supermarkets put junk foods and sodas where they are hard to see, ban drive - through sales, restrict portion sizes and use warning labels.

If a school promotes sales of sodas and snacks, it reinforces the idea that children are supposed to be eating junk foods.

I have personally come to the conclusion that what we need is a hypnosis event of the masses to help avert our minds from this constant barrage of junk food sales (lol)-- and, of course I am being facetious and tongue in cheek, but honestly... How does a person circumvent the constant sales and availability of this highly - processed junk food marketing that has invaded so many aspects of our daily lives and is so heavily represented in fundraising?

Illegal junk food sales raise serious money in my district — thousands and thousands of dollars, in some cases.

These factors include state - funded «taste training» in preschools, warnings on junk food advertising, bans on school junk food sales and of course societal value placed on French food culture.

the «competitive foods» in our schools — snack machines junk, bake sales during school hours, and the constant flow of rewards, treats, manipulatives, celebrations / party foods brought in by staff and parents to «share» with classmates... we'll never win this one.

With the appearance of governmental pressure to reduce unhealthy food products, Big Sugar, the primary driver of junk food sales, keeps quietly compensating, posturing with new messages to allay concerns of consumers.

Although Illinois legislators have not set a mandate, they have recommended to the state's Board of Education, the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance (an organization of school board members and administrators), and the soft drink industry that schools prohibit the sale of soda and junk food and replace these items with healthier products and unsweetened drinks.

Meanwhile, 17 of its 24 school districts banned junk food sales for the entire school day.

Most initiatives either restrict foods of «minimal nutritional value» — such as carbonated beverages, frozen treats, gum, and certain types of candies — or limit or ban junk food and soda sales.

I find it just as absurd for veterinarians to be selling high carbohydrate and by - product filled pet foods to the caregivers of carnivorous companion animals as it is for health authorities to permit the sale of high fructose, fortified junk breakfast cereals, snacks and beverages for children to consume and then rationalize putting them on Ritalin and other psychotropic drugs to correct diet - related cognitive, emotional and behavioral impairments.