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Big Man on Campus at S.F. Schools Alters the Way Children Eat – and They Like It

Author: Heather Knight Source: San Francisco Chronicle Led by student nutrition director Ed Wilkins, the San Francisco public school district has instituted a policy to eliminate the sale of "empty calories" to students. Food sales dipped at first, but have rebounded, debunking the conventional wisdom that school food programs risk bankruptcy if they take away popular, fatty food.