Pouring right contracts, contracts that give companies exclusive right to sell their products at school events and place vend machines on school property, have strong influence over what snack food are available in public schools. These contracts can last one to ten years. District budget problems often welcome pouring rights contract for the many monetary and non monetary benefits. For example, contracts with major beverage companies contain generous payment up from for exclusive access to the school district. Further more, Schools often receive a commission, a percentage of the products sold, that can be use as administrators see fit. The non-monetary benefits include provision of student scholarships, athletic equipment and facilities, computer equipment and numerous more contractual provisions. With the potential of all these benefits most school district responds well to offers. Yet, Most school district when sign this contracts are contributing to obesity and mal nutrition in the lives their students. Although no scientific correlation has been made that pour right contracts increase obesity and malnutrition, the evidence is alarming and can lead us to conclude that they are.
The number one source of food in public schools, outside of cafeterias, are vending machines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2000 survey concluded that 43% of elementary schools, 89.4% of middle/junior high and 98.2% of senior high schools had a vending machine or a school store, canteen, or snack bar where students could purchase competitive foods or beverages. A survey from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a Washington-based consumer group, found that the vending machines in middle and high schools are filled with candy, cookies, chips, soft drinks and other sugary beverages, and very few fruits or healthy snacks. Of the drinks available, 70% are sugary drinks such as soda, juice drinks with less than 50% juice, iced tea and sports drinks. Of the sodas, 14% are diet. Water accounts for 12%; milk for 5% (mostly high-fat whole milk or 2%). Of the snack foods sold, 42% are candy; 25%, chips; 13%, cookies, snack cakes and pastries. A few healthier choices are available: low-fat chips and pretzels (5%); crackers or Chex Mix (3%); granola and cereal bars (2%); low-fat cookies and baked goods (2%); nuts and trail mix (1%); fruits and vegetables, less than .5%. It is obvious from these numbers that foods available to kids in schools are of poor nutritional quality. Most of the snack available is high in calories and low in nutrients. With this being said we can conclude that pour rights contracts have something to do with the plight of the poor condition children health today.

For large corporations, the goal of pouring right contracts is to enable the consumer to purchase soft drink beverages at minimal effort and to develop consumer loyalty. Schools are a great place to achieve these tactics therefore making contracts hard to resist. Further more, when ages six through nineteen influence 485 billion of spending, large companies find it hard not to target schools we have no problem with these marketing stacties yet, we think shameful when large corporation profit at the expense our children’s health. Again, the snack foods are low nutritional value and high calorie properties. School districts in essence have but a price on the health of our children’s health and in turn, with our contracts, bought the epidemic of obesity and every illness related to poor health.

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