Restaurants Volunteer For To Charge For Sugary Beverage Refills

Nineteen restaurants in Wasco, Sherman, and Gilliam counties are voluntarily adopting a policy of charging for refills of sugary soda, energy drinks, and other sugary beverages.  They are taking part in the Coalition to Reduce Childhood Obesity’s “Fit In Beverage” campaign administered by the North Central Public Health District.  Beginning in May, the restaurants that have joined the program can be identified by window stickers near their front doors.  They will also display table tents with information about the “5-2-1-0” Program, which seeks to successfully achieve healthy weight in a community through drinking less sugary beverages.  A study funded by the Columbia Gorge Coordinated Care Organization found 40 percent of area school-aged children are at an unhealthy weight.

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