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Banning sugar-sweetened beverages and limiting unhealthy snacks in schools reduces the availability of these items, though industry pressure may dilute regulations regarding other caloric beverages and nutrient density criteria.
Schools in Mexico have banned sodas and limited other sugary drinks, but salty snacks and other caloric beverages may still be available. Parents and advocates should monitor school food environments and push for stricter enforcement.
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These guidelines promote the daily intake in schools of healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and water; ban sodas; limit the availability of other SSBs... to a maximum of two days per week; and eliminate the products that do not comply with the nutritional criteria.
Why this rating
Based on the implementation of the National Agreement for Healthy Nutrition (ANSA) and subsequent regulations.
Source
<scp>M</scp>exico attempts to tackle obesity: the process, results, push backs and future challenges
Sı́món Barquera et al. · Obesity Reviews · 2013
DOI 10.1111/obr.12096
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