obesity in America: who cares?

[Matthew Snyder]

Marta Russell writes:
> Undoubtly so, but in LA vending machines are allowed on public high 
> school campuses and the machines are stocked with candy bars, chips, 
> basically sugar and carbohydrates which is the worst thing for kids 
> to eat.

It's not the carbohydrates themselves that are the problem, it's
the fact that they're usually processed and not complex.  Complex
carbohydrates make for excellent snacks, both nutritionally and in
terms of their effects on blood sugar levels.  

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Matthew Snyder
Philadelphia, PA