Michele Simon
See book keywords and concepts |  A survey of Kentucky schools had revealed that 44 percent of elementary schools had vending machines, despite Coca-Cola's written policy to not sell soda to elementary schools. Yet for three years Coke's lobbying won out.
On the fourth attempt, Coke offered the elementary school compromise. Allowing schools to continue to sell soda in middle and high schools was the only way the bill could possibly pass. | | Instead, vending machines will be expected to provide fresh fruit, milk, bottled water, and fruit juice. She declared that "the scandal of junk food served every day in school canteens must end."33 Oliver is apparently setting his sights next on overhauling school food in the United States. We could use him.
Can We Get Out of This Mess?
No matter how hard the soda and junk food companies try to position themselves as being part of the solution, the truth is they care more about the health of their own bottom lines than that of children. | | For example, an editorial in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Coca-Cola's hometown paper) opined: "The announcement this week by the American Beverage Association represents a reversal by the industry, which had been fighting legislative efforts to ban soft drinks from school vending machines."18 For its part, the ABA insisted that its policy was not intended to replace any existing regulations (which it couldn't legally, anyway).
Curiously, however, it gave no indication that its members would stop lobbying against school-nutrition legislation. So where's the reversal in policy? | | For example, it applies only to vending machines, and imposes no restrictions on other venues where drinks are marketed in schools (e.g., in school canteens and at sporting events). Also, the policy applies only to new school contracts; it can be amended to old agreements only with the consent of both parties. But why would a soda company agree to change an existing contract voluntarily if doing so could hurt it financially?
An end run around legislative action
Let's be honest. | | Kentucky had already required that vending machines remain turned off until thirty minutes after the last lunch period. However, as is often the case, that rule wasn't enforced, and many schools disregarded it. Dennis says the machines were turned on first thing in the morning. "And these little kids, they have no judgment; they spend all of their money on candy bars, Coke, and potato chips. And that's what they eat for breakfast, and for lunch," she said. Some elementary school principals even were announcing "soft drink breaks" in the afternoon. |
Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C.
See book keywords and concepts |  While most people can't help but be aware of the strategic placement of junk food-bearing vending machines, what most people are not aware of, is the often manipulative contracts that accompany them.
I was first struck by this phenomenon one evening while preparing to teach an Eating-for-Health program at my local YMCA. I was in the staff lounge making photocopies when one of the fitness coordinators came in swinging a large red thermos jug with a push-button spout. She placed it in the sink and began filling it with tap water. | | You will also, no doubt be eating out less and dropping fewer dollars in vending machines. All of which add up to a smaller overall food bill. I could make a whole meal for two with leftovers on what some people spend every morning on their gourmet coffee and pastry to go.
When you take into account all the health benefits you derive and all the money you save on acute and chronic illness care now and in the future, all things considered Eating for Health is the best deal going. Put your money where your mouth is, literally! You'll be glad you did. | | Why then do we allow the food industry to place their vending machines in school hallways, and in some cases even serve their disease-causing, processed junk and fast foods in school cafeterias?
Statistically speaking, these foods cause far greater harm than tobacco. It's unconscionable to be taking advantage of this most precious and vulnerable segment of our society in this way. We should be sending out a clear message to our youth that junk food is hazardous to their health as well. | | As mentioned earlier, one of the Denver Public School Board members shockingly stated that he felt it was incumbent upon the parents to teach students not to buy soda from school vending machines. Schools should be supporting such efforts on the part of parents, not sabotaging them by making it readily available to children throughout their day. And no one should be capitalizing on the innocence of children, least of all the schools. The notion of taking advantage of those students whose parents
Failure is may not have the best parenting skills, as this statement implies, is deplorable. | | Because vending machines, convenience food stores and eating out can be very costly, you'll save money too!
One of the smartest things you can do is to bring a bag of the aforementioned grab-n-go foods with you at the beginning of the week and keep it in the refrigerator at work or school, if possible, for quick snacks and lunches all week. Because you don't want to be eating processed foods every day, however, you can pack up leftovers from dinner the night before in plastic or glass serving-sized containers to take along too. |
Michele Simon
See book keywords and concepts | | After all, how do we expect children to learn about health and nutrition in the classroom only to have those lessons undermined by the sale of unhealthy food just steps away in the cafeteria (not to mention hallway vending machines, canteens, etc.)? Proponents of the education model of reform would rather we close our eyes to this obvious contradiction by conducting business as usual. |
Alex Steffen
See book keywords and concepts |  Condom distribution is part of the effort, but the condoms are distributed only where the people that Amazonas targets are most likely to pick them up: one of the project's goals is to install condom vending machines in beauty salons.
In Lusaka, Zambia, condoms and informative leaflets can be found in barbershops and bars, thanks to a group of youth volunteers known as Bwafwano ("to help each other"). Bwafwano focuses on making HIV/AIDS the business of the whole community, and on offering services to everyone, not just those who are infected with the disease. |
Sue Palmer
See book keywords and concepts |  Indeed, for years many schools throughout the developed world have relied on revenue from snack vending machines to pay their staff salary bills. The obesity issue has forced schools to review what these machines provide, and many now include bottled water and healthy snacks. But if they still offer the choice of fatty snacks, biscuits and fizzy drinks, children are more than likely to choose the junk.
In some countries, school lunches have actually fed the junk-food habit. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  I would ban junk food vending machines. I would have the taxpayers pay for nutritional supplements for all pregnant women because we would save billions of dollars in long-term health care costs by spending PENNIES on nutrition for each expectant mother. I would have some pretty radical ideas that would definitely disturb the status quo. Not surprisingly, we'd end up with a generation of people who are actually healthy.
Wow, imagine that for a change. Drug companies would go out of business. And that's why they can't let it happen. |
David Steinman
See book keywords and concepts |  Meanwhile, General Motors' fleetwide fuel economy—the truest gauge of an automaker's impact on the climate—is the same as it was ten years ago. . . . America's leading corporations aren't kids learning how to play ball. They should be treated like marquee players, whom much is expected of and on whom the spotlight always shines."
Can an entire nation go green? In 1989, Dr. Karl-Henrik Robert of Sweden founded The Natural Step organization to address the systemic causes of environmental problems, according to the program's Web site. |
F. Batmanghelidj
See book keywords and concepts |  They carry their water with them when they go out of the house; they take their water when they exercise; a vast majority are drinking water in preference to manufactured beverages and alcoholic drinks; schools are now getting wise to the harmful effect of sodas on children and are throwing out the vending machines. This has become a mandate in California, and other states are beginning to follow. Some researchers have found that children's scholastic performance dramatically improves when they drink water instead of the sodas they used to drink. |
Arthur Agatston, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  This is when people tend to run to the coffee shop, the candy counter, or the vending machines. Instead, you'll have nuts—let's say plain almonds (not salted or smoked). Nuts contain good, healthy fats, and they fill you up. It's possible to have too many of them, however, and undermine your weight loss. I recommend counting out 15 almonds or cashews or whatever you choose. Some people have told me they prefer pistachios, in part because they're so small that you can allow yourself 30 of them. Cracking and eating 30 pistachios makes it a more elaborate, and therefore more satisfying, snack. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
See book keywords and concepts |  At work, there is often the lure of a cafeteria or at the very least a few vending machines. We are surrounded by an abundance of food and, not surprisingly, it shows.
The icing on the cake is a parallel decline in physical activity, the polar opposite of what the situation calls for. Few of us ever experience the hard physical labor of our forefathers. Today, most people have sedentary jobs, many of which involve sitting at a desk for much, if not all, of the day. In our spare time we watch television, play video games, or surf the Net. |
Jean Antonello
See book keywords and concepts |  And it would really help if we could make good food available at that morning break, say in vending machines in a canteen-type room. Fresh fruit, yogurt, granola bars, milk, juices and even sandwiches all fit nicely into vending machines. Teaching positive eating and Cycle prevention has to be backed up by the environmental food supply we create for them at home and at school. |
Joseph Glenmullen, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The trek to the store or the vending machines is always suspenseful, an adrenalinized mixture of anticipation and fear. From a psychological point of view, this procurement ritual is remarkably like an alcoholic's trip to the liquor store, a drug addict's rendezvous with his pusher, or a sex addict's pursuit of a thrill. If the vending machines were already empty, Amanda would raid her dormitory's small communal kitchen. Women stealing their roommates' food to fuel binges is quite a serious problem on college campuses. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
See book keywords and concepts | | Worst of all, the causes of most hyperactivity and inability to focus in children are the sugar- and caffeine-laden soda pop sold in vending machines in school hallways and the preservative- and dye-laden junk food served in school cafeterias, not to mention the poor nutrition that most American kids get at home. Too little exercise, too little sleep, and too much TV only add to the problems. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
See book keywords and concepts |  Ads on billboards; product placements in movies; food logos in schools; splashy signs on vending machines; and ads on buses, taxis, and even police cars contribute to the blitz. Every child is exposed.
Children as Market Objects
Children were identified as a separate market for advertisers in the 1960s.15 The concept developed quickly, and now there are conferences, books, and ad agencies all focused on children as consumers. Marketing handbooks encourage businesses to target children and provide strategies to "unlock the secrets to children's hearts. | | Food companies do heavy promotion of snack foods, convenience stores and vending machines make the foods accessible, and television provides both the time and inducement to snack.
A survey in England found that "For every healthy product targeted specifically at children, there are more than 10 products which are 'nutritional disasters,' with high levels of saturated fat, sugar or salt. . . ."6S This is probably an underestimate, as the survey did not include candy, soft drinks, or snack chips.
The Glorification of Overeating
Overeating is glorified, to the point it is a spectator sport. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  And once those future historians learned that we actually installed vending machines in public schools that would allow students to buy soft drinks so that they could go into class and disrupt our learning institutions with aggressive behavior and exhibit learning disabilities and mental disorders like ADHD, these future historians will just shake their heads in disbelief. They might even assign our present-day era a name like "The Madness Ages. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
See book keywords and concepts | | A study in Kentucky of 343 schools found that 88 percent had vending machines and 24 percent violated state regulations to not sell such foods until thirty minutes after the last lunch period.
Lt. Gov. Henry brought to the school a soft drink bottle filled with the undiluted sugar found in a soft drink, a pound of synthetic fat, and a model of a heart with clogged arteries. Nine-year-old Tommy Courtney said, "I didn't know that Fritos were bad for you" and "I'm not going to eat Fritos or drink pop anymore."77
The bill passed the Kentucky House but was defeated in the Senate. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  We have literally thousands of nutritionists and the better educated doctors from around the world standing up and saying soft drinks need to be banned from vending machines. Soft drinks are causing chronic obesity and diabetes even among our nation's youth. Folks, this isn't something that's really debated, not by any honest person out there. This is just something that's being defended by the last bastion of a group of well-paid nitwits who have similar ethics to tobacco company executives. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
See book keywords and concepts |  Mind-Altering Food
Although Stitt was not focused on removing genetically engineered foods per se, by taking out the vending machines, preparing most foods from scratch, and using olive oil instead of vegetable oils, her program eliminated almost all the GM sources on the menu.
It is unclear which foods had contributed to behavior problems. What is clear is that food can have a profound effect on behavior, mood, happiness, and our entire quality of life. In 2002, research demonstrated that "food molecules act like hormones, regulating body functioning and triggering cell division. | | Take out the vending machines, take out the processed foods, and feed the students fresh, whole, nutritious food and watch their behavior improve. And the Stitts will pay the bill. In fact, since the Stitts owned Natural Ovens, a whole foods bakery, their company would send the school plenty of its own healthy fare AND place one of their own cooks on site at the school's kitchen.
School officials readily accepted the no-strings-attached offer and even expected to see a few changes. What they got was a revolution. |
Kelly Brownell and Katherine Battle Horgen
See book keywords and concepts | | A case in point is Gulf Coast High School in Florida, which entered into a contract with Coca-Cola involving thirty-two vending machines. As part of the "Total Beverage Partnership Program," Coca-Cola "gives" the school educational support items such as Fruitopia software packages and Powerade coolers, squeeze bottles, towels, and clipboards. Coca-Cola, of course, owns Fruitopia and Powerade. Coke provides scoreboards, student awards, plastic tables and chairs, and umbrellas, all prominently displaying the product name. |
Arthur C. Upton, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Beverages dispensed through copper or brass pipes in vending machines and food or drink stored in copper or brass containers may contain a high copper concentration.
Copper sulfate is used in astringents, deodorants, and antiseptics. Kidney dialysis patients and burn victims may be exposed to copper during the course of their treatment.
Copper is a component of certain insecticides, fungicides (Bordeaux mixture), and algicides. Copper is also a component of certain intrauterine devices. |
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