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Youth group asks Richmond to adopt healthy‑checkout policy after student survey
Summary
Members of the Richmond Youth Food Policy Council asked city leaders to advance a healthy checkout ordinance, citing student survey results that show frequent purchases of snacks and concern about diet‑related disease.
Students and youth advocates asked the City Council to pursue a healthy checkout ordinance to promote healthier options at store checkout lanes.
Madiha Khan, a freshman at Contra Costa College and member of the Richmond Youth Food Policy Council, told the council her District 1 neighborhood has a 13.3% rate of residents living with diabetes and urged adoption of a policy to make healthier purchases easier. Students from…
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