I agree with the fruit roll-up remark. Ditto on many cereals. I like honey comb. I like (sugar-) smacks. I like coooookie-crisp. I usually buy frosted-mini wheats, cause I've tried eating unfrosted, and well, the rabbit thinks it's a culinary delight, I think it's cardboard.
I like the quaker oat squares and what ever they are that look like tiny brown cinder blocks.
So I try to avoid buying the sugary cereals. Although I do buy (Sugar-) Smacks every once in a while.
You see things being marketed as "low-fat" on gummy worms. Of course they're low fat, they're all sugar. Or "low-carb" on beef jerky. Well duh, it's meat, meat doesn't usuallly contain carbs. Don't get me started on the Aktin's fad, thank God that's over. And everything somehow is "low sodium", 70 mg per 8 oz serving is not low, most people think the serving is 24 oz and therefore it's 210 mg, or just under 10% of the daily intake.
My point being that marketing on food is about as credible as a wino claiming he's gone sober. He may be telling the truth, more than likely he means he's going sober until he can find another bottle.
As far as the fruit salad goes, it's probably canned, but that's one of the few canned things that really isn't a huge difference between canned and fresh. Slighly more sugar, not a lot of salt. Assuming you don't drink the heavy syrup.

The FDA, like most govt agencies, is corrupt and conflicted with vested interests. A by-product of this is a terribly confused public as it relates to the question: what is healthy eating?

(note: the correct qualifying response to forementioned question is 'it depends upon which year you are asking.')

Healthy eating is what it's always been. Fresh, varied food in reasonable portions. What changes are the "magic bullets" that people think will give them an advantage of some sort or that will act as an elixir of life. Snake oil is snake oil, regardless whether it's echinacea to supposedly ward off colds or blueberries to ward off cancer. Eat a varied diet of fresh, minimally processed foods and move your arms and legs a couple of times a week. Same as it ever was. There aren't any shortcuts or ways around it.

Yes, this is a really dumb practice, IMO. I understand that the schools are mandated to monitor and report this information to parents, but putting it in the year-end report card is crummy. My daughter completely ignored the excellent comments from her teachers and her outstanding final grades to ask, "I'm fat, aren't I?" (This is epecially sad, as she is athletic and very pretty.)

I had to point out to her, as I mentioned above, that the measurements were done three inches ago while her weight had stayed the same. (Never mind all the other crazy hormonal and growth spurt things that go on at 12...) We found instructions online for how to recalculate BMI with her current information, which changed her status from "overweight" to "at risk of becoming overweight". Some consolation that was. Then I had to explain why it would be OK for her to be sure that everything she ate was good for her but not OK to try to actually lose weight at this point.

i guess i got lucky~ my dad decided i was hyperactive as it was, and i wasn't allowed soda. he made suntea, (which i hate...i like the "powder" teas. ) and occasionally lemonade. so i always drank, (and still do) ice water and milk.
when i see the soda machines, there is usually a picture of the can, surrounded by ice and condensation...it makes me thirsty for water!
since being diagnosed as diabetic, i have been very aware of what i eat, i write it down everyday in a little book. (i'm on book #4, now)
do i really want the chips?
for that small amount at 42 grams of carbs? nope.
i did atkin's years ago, so it's easier now for me to monitor my carb (sugar) intake, but looking at labels really makes you want to put down the processed crap and eat something fresh...
the weis on fruitville pike i really like, we go in, and then get salads from the salad bar before we shop. we're full, and less likely to buy something on impulse from hunger, rather than stuff i make at home.
sending bmi indexes home from school?