Should junk food be sold in schools? / Norah Piehl, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011. - 122 p ; 24 cm. - At issue. . - At issue. Education. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Junk food should not be banned in schools / Junk food should be banned in schools / Improving school lunch programs is complicated / School should end fast-food partnerships / The food industry is not to blame for obesity / School nutrition campaign is pushing the food industry to adapt / All food sales in schools should offer healthier options / Government regulation of school lunches goes too far / Budgets and policies make changing school lunch nearly impossible / Limiting school food choices can go too far / Most packed lunches are as unhealthy as school lunches / Removing junk food from schools has many consequences / Schools must foster exercise and nutrition / School diet and exercise programs may go too far / Planting school gardens can change kids' eating habits / Planting school gardens is a misuse of academic resources / The quality of children's diets affects their brains and bodies / Margaret Johnson -- Will Dunham -- Ed Bruske -- Anne Hart -- Pierce Hollingsworth -- Marion Nestle -- Tom Harkin -- Jeannie DeAngelis -- Monica Eng -- Andrea King Collier -- Richard Garner -- Jessica Blanchard and Casey McEnerthney -- Amy Klobuchar -- Anne Marie Chaker -- Pearl Tesler -- Caitlin Flanagan -- Alan Greene.

ISBN: 9780737751635 (hardcover) 0737751630 (hardcover) 9780737751642 (pbk.) 0737751649 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010039238

Subjects--Topical Terms:
School children--Nutrition--United States.
Junk food--United States.
Critical thinking--Problems, exercises, etc.

LC Class. No.: LB3479.U6 / S56 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 371.7160973 371.7/16