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| - | Much interest has been paid throughout the last few years to the weight (or maybe I will say heavy) condition of Americans. There have and continue being several articles in the press, televisions shows specialized in the topic, and now a good reality show. The eye has not only been on adult Americans. Much attention has been paid to our over weight kids and the health risks posed for them by the time they are people.
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| - | The federal government previously had set limits on the quantity of calories and fat that schools can offer to children on their main menus. Many community organizations have lobbied their schools to eliminate the facilities of snack and soda products and won!
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| - | Soft drink contains huge amounts of high fructose. Only one soft drink daily may add several pounds each year to anyones weight, aside from age. Fat, obviously, adds large levels of bad cholesterol, which eventually blocks veins to the heart and causes swings.
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| - | Due to the group opinion and limitations, many Phoenix schools already had taken fried foods off their menus and pop out of these schools. Some Phoenix schools, nevertheless, continued to offer French fries as a side piece, so that you can get around the national limits. They thought that asking Phoenix schools students to stop the staple they liked was asking too much.
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| - | Today, all Phoenix schools are required to eliminate certain foods from all of these selections. A new state law that's stricter compared to the limitations now prohibits all junk foods, carbonated drinks, and fried foods from kindergarten through eighth-grade schools throughout the school day. Certain nutrition standards must be met by all food sold on school premises during the school day, making French fries completely off limits. There is number method to bypass the restrictions this time.
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| - | Nutritionists in a few of the Phoenix universities have gotten very creative in finding and providing substitutes. These Phoenix schools nutritionists have tested a variety of types of substitutes for French fries over the summertime. They even have enlisted Phoenix schools employees as taste testers. Their important facets for the newest alternative fries were: (1) they must cook easily, (2) they don't become soggy under the warming lights, and most critical, (3) they must taste good.
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| - | The newest chips provided at many of the Phoenix colleges this college year have many different names. Some are oven wedges, oven chips, and potato sticks. Long lasting Phoenix universities call them, they qualify of the nutritionists and the new state law.
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| - | The Phoenix schools replacement chips are baked (not deep fried), have fewer calories (some are 25 per cent less than fried), and half the fat. They lack the oily taste and old familiar recession, and are lighter in color compared to original French fries.
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| - | Many Phoenix universities students say they just like the new chips only a little mushier compared to old people, although not bad. Others can deal with the new fries but like the originals.
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| - | As the other meals required by state law, along with long as the Phoenix schools students eat them, parents at least know their children are getting one balanced meal each school day.
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