NYC Schools to Limit Sugar in Lunches

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Posted on Wed, Jun. 25, 2003

NYC Schools to Limit Sugar in Lunches

Associated Press

 

NEW YORK - Soda, hard candy and doughnuts will disappear from vending

machines in the nation's largest school system this fall under stricter

nutritional guidelines designed to fight childhood obesity, officials said.

 

New York schools, which serve about 800,000 meals a day, will also serve

lower-fat versions of foods like tacos and chicken nuggets. And beef ravioli

and macaroni may soon be history.

 

By 2008, the city expects to abide by federal recommendations that 30

percent of the calories in school lunches come from fat.

 

School vending machines will continue to sell cookies, potato chips and

pretzels, among other snacks, along with all-juice drinks and water, school

officials said Tuesday.

 

The changes come amid alarm about poor diets and fitness among children.

About 13 percent of children are overweight, according to the federal

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

California has mandated what schools should serve in cafeterias, and Texas

set new guidelines on student exercise.

 

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City education department: http://www.nycenet.edu/default.aspx