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Gimmie your lunch money!

Gimmie your lunch money! Politicians want to combat childhood obesity - with less soda and more vegetables. But they also need campaign contributions. Companies selling school lunches make sure they can't have both. 2011 NUTRITION LOBBYING: SUGAR TAX 2011 FOOD INDUSTRY SUGAR LOBBYING: $ 70,000 $ 47,000,000 FAT GUIDELINES FAT 5, SALT GUIDELINES SALT Numerous state and federal bills have tried to Source: Reuters, "How Washington went soft on childhood obesity" curb obesity by limiting sugar, fat, and salt in kids' meals. Almost all have been defeated by lobbying from industry suppliers, which spent 671 times more than nutrition-promoting groups. united re:public UNITEDREPUBLIC.ORG Gimmie your lunch money! Politicians want to combat childhood obesity - with less soda and more vegetables. But they also need campaign contributions. Companies selling school lunches make sure they can't have both. 2011 NUTRITION LOBBYING: SUGAR TAX 2011 FOOD INDUSTRY SUGAR LOBBYING: $ 70,000 $ 47,000,000 FAT GUIDELINES FAT 5, SALT GUIDELINES SALT Numerous state and federal bills have tried to Source: Reuters, "How Washington went soft on childhood obesity" curb obesity by limiting sugar, fat, and salt in kids' meals. Almost all have been defeated by lobbying from industry suppliers, which spent 671 times more than nutrition-promoting groups. united re:public UNITEDREPUBLIC.ORG Gimmie your lunch money! Politicians want to combat childhood obesity - with less soda and more vegetables. But they also need campaign contributions. Companies selling school lunches make sure they can't have both. 2011 NUTRITION LOBBYING: SUGAR TAX 2011 FOOD INDUSTRY SUGAR LOBBYING: $ 70,000 $ 47,000,000 FAT GUIDELINES FAT 5, SALT GUIDELINES SALT Numerous state and federal bills have tried to Source: Reuters, "How Washington went soft on childhood obesity" curb obesity by limiting sugar, fat, and salt in kids' meals. Almost all have been defeated by lobbying from industry suppliers, which spent 671 times more than nutrition-promoting groups. united re:public UNITEDREPUBLIC.ORG Gimmie your lunch money! Politicians want to combat childhood obesity - with less soda and more vegetables. But they also need campaign contributions. Companies selling school lunches make sure they can't have both. 2011 NUTRITION LOBBYING: SUGAR TAX 2011 FOOD INDUSTRY SUGAR LOBBYING: $ 70,000 $ 47,000,000 FAT GUIDELINES FAT 5, SALT GUIDELINES SALT Numerous state and federal bills have tried to Source: Reuters, "How Washington went soft on childhood obesity" curb obesity by limiting sugar, fat, and salt in kids' meals. Almost all have been defeated by lobbying from industry suppliers, which spent 671 times more than nutrition-promoting groups. united re:public UNITEDREPUBLIC.ORG Gimmie your lunch money! Politicians want to combat childhood obesity - with less soda and more vegetables. But they also need campaign contributions. Companies selling school lunches make sure they can't have both. 2011 NUTRITION LOBBYING: SUGAR TAX 2011 FOOD INDUSTRY SUGAR LOBBYING: $ 70,000 $ 47,000,000 FAT GUIDELINES FAT 5, SALT GUIDELINES SALT Numerous state and federal bills have tried to Source: Reuters, "How Washington went soft on childhood obesity" curb obesity by limiting sugar, fat, and salt in kids' meals. Almost all have been defeated by lobbying from industry suppliers, which spent 671 times more than nutrition-promoting groups. united re:public UNITEDREPUBLIC.ORG

Gimmie your lunch money!

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Lobbying by food manufacturers has defeated efforts to curb childhood obesity through healthier school lunches: they've outspent health advocate groups roughly 750 to 1.

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