Thursday, June 05, 2008
Utah schools lead nation in junk food availability - Salt Lake Tribune
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Utah teens have got more than entree to sodium carbonate pop, candy and other unhealthy bites in schools than anywhere else in the nation. Just released federal information from 2006 show Beehive State ranks the worst in the state in the per centum of schools that offering chocolate, other sorts of candy, salty bites high in fat, and sodium carbonate or sugary fruit drinks. One example: The national median value of schools with entree to cocoa candy is 40 percent, while 83 percentage of Beehive State schools offering such as treats. The information come ups from a Centers for Disease Control biyearly study of principals and wellness instruction instructors in secondary schools. Still, the consequences also showed Beehive State schools
do a better-than-average job of offering healthy drinks, such as as low-fat milky and bottled water. Michael Friedrichs, an epidemiologist in the state Health Department's agency of wellness promotion, is most disturbed by the handiness of soda. According to the CDC, 86 percentage of Beehive State schools let pupils to purchase sodium carbonate or other sugary drinks versus the national median value of 63 percent. Studies have got linked dad ingestion to childhood obesity. And while a recent survey showed childhood fleshiness rates may have got leveled off nationally, it's calm a problem: Last year, 9 percentage of Beehive State teens were obese and 12 percentage were overweight. "It's shocking to me," Friedrichs said. Advertisement
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