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Home » Study: Junk Food Bans Appear to Reduce Calorie Consumption
May 9/Elk Grove, Cal./News10 -- A new University of Illinois study is suggesting California's policies that ban junk food in school cafeterias are influencing teenagers' eating habits.
It has been five years since the crackdown, and researchers found high school students are eating an average of 160 calories fewer calories a day than kids in other states, a trend that could help reverse obesity trends.