Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Don't Blame School Food For Obesity

Obesity: Don't blame the on-campus sale of snacks for making kids fat. So says a study of 19,000 middle-schoolers. Shouldn't it be clear by now that good health starts at home?

It's time to chill out about the Cheetos, if these or similar guilty pleasures are being sold at your kids school. It's not that they're nutritious. It's just that they're not the dangerous fat bombs that many dietary activists have made them out to be.

And another thing: Don't expect school to teach your children how to eat. That's up to you, Mom and Dad.

Read more: http://news.investors.com/Article/599443/201201301844/school-junk-food-not-causing-fat-kids.htm

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