"the insanity of selling junk food"

If you're crazy enough to want diabetes and cavities, go ahead and stick your dollar in the vending machine. Then read the informational text by Los Angeles Times reporter Karen Kaplan: "Another study highlights the insanity of selling junk food in school vending machines."

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  1. necessarily
    as a highly likely consequence
    As you might guess, this isn't necessarily a good thing for student health.
  2. average
    a statistic describing the location of a distribution
    About 22% of students in grades 1 through 12 buy food in vending machines each day--and those purchases added an average of 253 calories to their diets
  3. popular
    regarded with great favor or approval by the general public
    The most popular vending machine items included soft drinks, candy, chips, crackers, cookies, cakes and ice cream.
  4. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
    But the net effect on kids' diets was not good.
  5. abstain
    refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something
    Those who bought from vending machines ate an average of 156 grams of sugar per day, compared with 146 grams for those who abstained.
  6. consume
    take in as food
    They also consumed less dietary fiber, iron and B vitamins like thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and folate.
  7. recommend
    push for something
    (Even for adults, the government recommends a daily limit of 2,300 mg.)
  8. toll
    value measured by what must be done to obtain something
    Overall, vending machines in school appear to be taking a toll on public health.
  9. issue
    a phenomenon caused by some previous phenomenon
    For some students this might be a serious contributor to weight issues
  10. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
    The study was based on data collected from 2,309 children nationwide for the third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study
Created on Fri Aug 29 12:03:56 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Aug 29 16:30:00 EDT 2014)

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