Cutting School Snacks Could Curb Childhood Obesity

Oct. 6, 2006 — -- Former President Clinton and the American Heart Association have reached a deal with some major food companies to set guidelines for the levels of fat, sugar, sodium and calories that can be included in snack foods sold in school vending machines.

Will this plan have any effect on the obesity epidemic?

The ABC News Medical Unit has asked health professionals to respond. Here is a selection of the responses, some supportive and others critical of the plan.

Dr. George L. Blackburn, Associate Director of Nutrition, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, suggests additional ways schools can target obesity:

Leslie Bonci, Director of Sports Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center