Opinion

Emphasize healthy eating at school

Posted November 25, 2015 12:00 am

My wife an I launched a healthy snack business back in July of 2014. I would consider our business a success but we've had some challenges. Our biggest challenge has been convincing high school administrators to offer healthy vending options in their schools for students and faculty.

Most schools have existing contracts with vending operators who simply either don't want to or don't have the means to offer healthy choices in their machines.

As parents of two teenage daughters, we emphasize to them the importance of healthy eating and exercise and the positive effect they have on staying healthy.

I believe that parents need to insist that their schools offer healthy choices. Consider these statistics from Harvard University and the Centers for Disease Control:

• In 1990, obesity rates for adults were less than 15 percent.

• Today 69 percent of adults are either overweight or obese

• 1 out of 3 children are either overweight or obese.

Greg Hoffman

Gurnee

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