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Article: Fed: Parents back plan to ban school junk food vending machines
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- November 28, 2005
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AAP General News (Australia)
11-28-2005
Fed: Parents back plan to ban school junk food vending machines
By Melissa Polimeni and Sophie Price
CANBERRA, Nov 28 AAP - Parents groups have backed a plan by Australia's peak doctors
body to ban junk food vending machines in schools, amid warnings half of all young Australians
could be overweight by 2025.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is calling for school vending machines to
only sell water, an end to chocolate fund-raising drives, healthier school canteens and
bans on junk food advertising directed at children.
In its statement on nutrition and obesity, released today, the AMA also warned that
half of all young Australians would ...