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Article: Fret about fat in budget, not in vending machines
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- December 24, 2003
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There is little doubt that childhood obesity in the United States
is a growing problem -- no pun intended -- and American children, in
general, eat too much junk food.
It might even be a good idea to remove the temptation of pop and
sweets from school vending machines.
But the decision to alter that menu should be left to parents and
school officials.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Republican leader Tom Cross
disagree. Father doesn't know best, according to them. They think
state government should dictate whether Twinkies and Pepsi can be
sold in school vending machines.