2012-05-07

Massachusetts goes full Puritan

Massachusetts passed a law banning junk food at public schools and the law covers everything from vending machines to bake sales and holiday parties.
The Departments of Public Health and Education contend clearing tables of even whole milk and white bread is necessary to combat an obesity epidemic affecting a third of the state’s 1.5 million students. But parents argue crudites won’t cut it when the bills come due on athletic equipment and band trips.
I love this line. The government pretty much admits the only way they can reduce obesity is to not give children food. Can social mood turn negative enough for Massachusetts to turn public schools into Death Camps of Tolerance? They're already halfway there.

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