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Soda Ban Prompts Some Schools to Create Healthier Menu Choices

Author: Kara Shire Source: Contra Costa Times In an effort to curb rising obesity in children and get ahead of expected government mandates on the healthfulness of school lunches, the West Contra Costa school district has rid many of its middle school cafeterias of candy, soda and those ubiquitous slices of greasy Red Baron pizza.