Boarding Schools for Girls

An inspection of 70 public schools in Los Angeles found that all of them had vendors selling some form of junk food. Thirty of the schools in the L.A. Unified School District allowed street vendors to sell ice cream and other treats to students, and 30 had vending machines on their premises with sugary, high fat foods.

The inspectors, working between September 2008 and January 2009, noted that many school fund-raising groups were also selling candy and other junk foods to students.

The regular consumption of junk food has been identified as a factor in the increasing prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States. The effects of childhood obesity may include a wide range of social, emotional, and physical problems, including predictions of a lowered life expectancy for severely overweight young people.

For these reasons, many public schools, private schools, and boarding schools have instituted anti-junk-food policies to help encourage healthy eating among students and staff.

Labels: school, obesity

Posted By: Aspen/CRC