Jose
2011-03-15 22:18:41 UTC
Mother Nature Network (blog) -
According to data compiled by the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, Mexico has the highest obesity rate for
an industrialized nation in the entire world. In Mexico, 30 percent of
the adult population is obese and 70 percent is overweight (compared
to 28 and 68 percent in the U.S.). Thirty-one percent of children in
Mexico are considered overweight.
So last year, Mexico's education administrators decided to set limits
on what could be sold in schools at recess. Mexican schools don't
provide lunch, but many do allow vendors to sell food to kids at
recess. According to Mexico's Education Minister, the new rules remove
90 percent of fried foods from these sales.
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/mexico-puts-its-kids-on-a-diet
According to data compiled by the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, Mexico has the highest obesity rate for
an industrialized nation in the entire world. In Mexico, 30 percent of
the adult population is obese and 70 percent is overweight (compared
to 28 and 68 percent in the U.S.). Thirty-one percent of children in
Mexico are considered overweight.
So last year, Mexico's education administrators decided to set limits
on what could be sold in schools at recess. Mexican schools don't
provide lunch, but many do allow vendors to sell food to kids at
recess. According to Mexico's Education Minister, the new rules remove
90 percent of fried foods from these sales.
http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/mexico-puts-its-kids-on-a-diet