Banning trans-fats in schools

Eating lunch
Richfield STEM Elementary School students eat lunch Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2012 in the cafeteria. The school encourages students to eat more fruits and vegetables by placing those items at the beginning of the line and the entree options at the end of the line.
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Colorado - the nation's trimmest state - is considering enacting the nation's strictest trans-fat ban in school food. Other states have banned trans-fat from cafeteria food, but Colorado's law would eliminate it from vending machines, bake sales and all before- and after-school activities.

Is this good public health policy, or is the government going too far?

Kerri's guests are Anne Cooper, the director of nutrition services for the Boulder Valley School District and author of "Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children," Baylen Linnekin, founder of Keep Food Legal, and Liz Williams, president of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.

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