14 Quotes by Margo Wootan

I work in this area, and I don't even know what some of those things are referring to.

The definition is out of date and out of sync with current nutritional concerns for children,

Disco-era nutrition standards don't make sense in 2006.

Schools can make money without selling junk food.

The money from soda contracts comes out of children's and parents' pockets. Coke, Pepsi, and other junk-food marketers enjoy being in schools because they know it is one of the only places they can target kids without parental interference.

This is the first acknowledgment by the F.T.C. that there should be nutrition standards for food that's marketed to kids.

This means that the policy effectively does not address high schools at all because it won't affect the status quo.

It's as important for children to know how to prevent heart disease, cancer and diabetes as it is for children to learn geography, ... These are important life skills that are not intuitively obvious.

It's not enough any more for the government to publish dietary guidelines and point their finger at Americans and say, 'Eat better.' It takes more than that.