Bill proposes junk food ban in schools
Soda, chips and other snack foods may soon disappear from cafeterias and vending machines in Connecticut schools if a new bill to subsidize healthy food in public schools passes the state legislature this spring.
The proposal, put forward by state Sen. Don Williams and backed by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, would be the first law in the country to ban all sales of soda -- both regular and diet -- and electrolyte-replacement drinks such as Gatorade in all public schools. The bill also proposes that the state increase subsidies to those schools that meet further nutritional...
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