Article: CALLERS: BAN JUNK FOOD SCHOOL MACHINES FULL OF CALORIES.(EDITORIAL)

Byline: REBECCA MITCHELL

Callers to The Kentucky Post Reader's Hotline would like to pull the plug on vending machines in public schools that offer candy bars, soda pop and other high-fat snacks to school children.

By a margin of more than 2-to-1, callers said the sale of soft drinks and junk food should be banned in Kentucky schools.

A recent University of Kentucky study says 84 percent of what is sold in school vending machines in Kentucky could be categorized as junk food - mostly soft drinks, candy and pastries. Nearly all high schools and most middle schools give students access to the machines. Even elementary students can slip a couple of ...

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