CDC has reported that U.S. schools have cut back on ‘less nutritious’ food and drinks, and Tennessee and Mississippi are leading the way.
 
A new survey data was released by the CDC showing the percentage of students in public secondary schools who cannot buy candy, salty snacks, fruit drinks that are not juices, sports drinks and soda.
 
The percentage of students who could not buy candy or salty snacks increased in 37 of the 40 states which took part in the survey.
 
The survey began in 2002 when 46 percent of the students could not buy those food items at school and the percentage has grown to 64 percent in 2008.
 
The survey saw a rise in the number of school students who couldn’t buy soft drinks at school in all 34 states which kept a record from 2006-2008. During this time 23 of these states also mixed sales of sports drinks to students during that time.
 
The CDC says that it can be called ‘progress’ and observes that some states made more progress in this regard than others.
 
Mississippi and Tennessee, which are topping the charts for the nation’s highest rates of adult obesity have made the biggest gains in the percentage of secondary school students who can’t buy candy, salty snacks, and soft drinks at school.
 
The state that had the lowest percentage of students who can’t buy candy or salty snacks at school is Utah, but it does not show its revisions to school nutrition standards in 2008.