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 Washington (EON) – According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), schools in the United States are making improvements to promote health for students and try and cut down the rate of childhood obesity.

The study done by the CDC showed a lot of promising results as there is still a long way to go. They found though that the number of states who no longer allow junk food in vending machines increased from 8% in 2000 to 32% in 2006. They also found schools selling water in vending machines rose considerably too from 30% to 46%.

Schools which sold cookies, cake, or other high-fat baked goods in vending machines also decreased from 38% to 25%. Schools which offered salad increased from 53% to 73%.

Schools which offered deep fried potatoes or french fries lowered from 40% to 19%.

This is all great news but they want more improvement. Howell Wechsler of the CDC stated “If we want to build on the improvements that schools have made over the past six years, we need to involve many people and programs.”