...Testifying against the Sugar-Free Schools Act were Kate Heinrich,
president of the Maryland School Nutrition Association (MSNA) and
Marla
Caplon, chair of MSNA’s Nutrition Committee. Mrs. Heinrich is employed
as the assistant director, Division of Food and Nutrition Services
(DFNS) for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS).
Mrs. Caplon is
employed as the director of DFNS for MCPS. Mrs. Heinrich and Mrs. Caplon
also testified against the Thirty Kids Act and the Chemical-Free
Schools Act. MCPS is the largest school district in Maryland with over
150,000 students...
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/mar/18/letter-why-oppose-improving-school-food/
Too much sugar is harmful to teeth. It is often overlooked the large number of children who lose academic time from toothaches, not to mention the huge obesity problem emerging over time that predicts for the first time a future generation possibly having a shorter lifespan than their parents. Why would anyone be against less sugar consumption in school?
ReplyDeleteToo much of anything is harmful to anyone.
ReplyDeleteBut, how are dentists and doctors going to make a living?
They need a constant supply of patients.
For the schools, it appears, sadly, to be a matter of money: the sale of unhealthy, sugar and fat-laden snack foods to our schoolchildren brings a hefty profit to the school districts. On Friday, I spoke with an aide in Sen Hershey's office, who explained to me that the Senator's constituent school districts tell him that it is "too expensive" to provide parents with a price and nutrition content list for the snacks they sell our kids. He also told me that one small school district earned a $250,000 profit on its sale of snack items. There you have it--money over nutrition and transparency.
ReplyDeleteThe schools need to stop telling us it is too expensive to provide the data. Let's see the numbers. How much money do they make from selling unhealthy snacks?
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