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Junk food should not be banned in schools / Margaret Johnson -- Junk food should be banned in schools / Will Dunham -- Improving school lunch programs is complicated / Ed Bruske -- School should end fast-food partnerships / Anne Hart -- The food industry is not to blame for obesity / Pierce Hollingsworth -- School nutrition campaign is pushing the food industry to adapt / Marion Nestle -- All food sales in schools should offer healthier options / Tom Harkin -- Government regulation of school lunches goes too far / Jeannie DeAngelis -- Budgets and policies make changing school lunch nearly impossible / Monica Eng -- Limiting school food choices can go too far / Andrea King Collier -- Most packed lunches are as unhealthy as school lunches / Richard Garner -- Removing junk food from schools has many consequences / Jessica Blanchard and Casey McEnerthney -- Schools must foster exercise and nutrition / Amy Klobuchar -- School diet and exercise programs may go too far / Anne Marie Chaker -- Planting school gardens can change kids' eating habits / Pearl Tesler -- Planting school gardens is a misuse of academic resources / Caitlin Flanagan -- The quality of children's diets affects their brains and bodies / Alan Greene.