Coke's about-face—particularly the call to end the exclusive deals that bottlers make with school districts—comes amid rising concern over kids' health. American children are growing ever more obese and developing weight-related diseases usually found in adults. While inactivity and huge helpings factor heavily, a recent study in the lancet fingered soda pop as a likely culprit. Communities—and legislators-are already on the case. Last year, for instance, parents in Philadelphia detailed a proposed contract with Coca-Cola that would have netted the school system $43 million over 10 years. And in a searing report to congress last month, the U. S. Department of Agriculture recommended that all snacks sold in schools meet federal nutrition standards (the requirements are loose enough that Snickers bars qualify).
Spare change? Activists hope Coke's capitulation will help curb commercialism in schools altogether. From ads on Channel One, which broadcasts current-affairs programs on classroom TVs, to middleschool math texts that cite Nike and other brand-name products in their word problems, to companysponsored scoreboards on football fields, American pupils are bombarded. But Andrew Hagelshaw, executive director of the Oakland, Calif.-based Center for Commercial-Free Public Education, views CocaCola's policy shift as a "partial victory". Schools sign contracts with local bottlers; the parent company can only urge them to back off. Moreover, Coke's machines will remain in place, although with healthier options.
And don't expect teenagers to suddenly swear off the stuff—or school districts to give up the revenue. At Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. , where students arrive before 7 a. m. and stay as late as 11 o'clock at night, they rely owl the machines. And the $ 50,000 in annual vending revenues have enabled Principal Joe Boland to refinish the gym floor, install a new high-jump pit, and pay $7,000 for two buses. "If someone made an offer to me to take the machines out, I'd consider it," says Boland. "But nobody's offering me any money."
"Forget football" in Paragraph 1 suggests that football has been ______.
A.the fiercest competition at high schools
B.thought to have iii impact on students
C.competing with commercials on campus
D.brought into disrepute by Coke and Pepsi
第4题
真性性早熟中无特殊原因查明者为()
A.同性性早熟
B.异性性早熟
C.真性性早熟
D.假性性早熟
E.特发性性早熟
第8题
性别与真实性别一致者为()
A.同性性早熟
B.异性性早熟
C.真性性早熟
D.假性性早熟
E.特发性性早熟
第9题
性别与真实性别不一致者为()
A.同性性早熟
B.异性性早熟
C.真性性早熟
D.假性性早熟
E.特发性性早熟
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