Correction, Please!
G-Men Go on Girth-control Mission
Gluttonous control: Under a new law pushed by Michelle Obama to stem childhood obesity, the federal government is taking additional control over foods sold in lunch lines and vending machines. Ironically, profits from vending machines are now often used to fund school sports. (Photo credit: AP Images)
Item: “Thousands more children would eat lunches and dinners at school and all school food would become more nutritious under a bill President Obama signed into law Monday, part of an administration-wide effort to combat childhood obesity,” reported an Associated Press story on December 13.
Said the AP: “The new law aims to cut back on greasy foods and extra calories by giving the government power to decide what kinds of foods may be sold on school grounds, including in vending machines and at fundraisers. While the government has long had nutrition requirements for the free and reduced-cost meals it subsidizes, the bill would expand those requirements to cover all foods sold during school hours.
“Bake sales and other fundraisers that don’t meet the new nutritional requirements would be allowed during the school day as long as they are infrequent. The language in the bill is broad enough that a president’s administration could even ban bake sales, but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has said that he does not intend to do that. The USDA has a year to write rules that decide how frequent is infrequent.”
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