Long-delayed school snack rules to come soon: Vilsack

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Long-delayed school snack rules to come soon: Vilsack

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/long-delayed-school-snack-rules-come-soon-vilsack-202744217--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VpfTZJNSZ0xtyy7dNbs.aQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-30T202744Z_1_CBRE90T1KUB00_RTROPTP_2_USA-SCHOOLS-SNACKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Students have a nutrition break mid-morningl at Belmont High School in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Students have a nutrition break mid-morningl at Belmont High School in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After more than a year's delay, American schools will soon see new U.S. government rules targeting the kinds of snacks sold to students, a move nutritionists say could play an important role in fighting childhood obesity. Anxious schools have waited more than a year to find out how sales of potato chips, candy bars, sodas and similar treats to students will be restricted. These rules on food sold outside traditional cafeteria meals are a key part of the first major overhaul on school food in more than three decades. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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