More Schools Moving Away From Junk Food

Some school districts now refusing money from soda companies and getting rid of junk food.

FOX News Radio’s Lisa Lacerra reports:

44% of school districts banning junk food in vending machines according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control that’s up from 30% in 2006.

And the proportion that allow soft drink companies to advertise on school grounds dropping to 34% from 47%. The percentage of districts that received a portion of soft drink sales receipts fell from 82% in 2006 to 69% last year.

About 17% of children in the U.S. are overweight or obese and that number has been holding steady for years.�Experts saying diet and exercise at home are at least as important as what happens in school.

Lisa Lacerra, FOX News Radio.