Your kids may come home from school with new complaints...about what there is to eat and drink! A federal law requires schools to enforce wellness policies within the next few years, and that means no more junk food. We visited one local school that's trying to stay ahead of the curve. As students walk through the halls of Brookfield East High School this year, they'll see some changes. There are more water machines, and only one, all diet, pop machine. Granola bars have replaced candy bars, and water fountains will only dispense filtered water. School Principal Brett Bowers likes this pro-active approach. "We believe that the visibility of the changes sends a message to the students and school community that wellness is important," he explains. The federal government already has strict guidelines regarding the fat and sugar content in school lunches. Brookfield East is applying those same rules to the vending machines. "Regardless of whether you're buying from the senior class vending machine, or from the traditional lunch program, we want you to be healthy either way," Bowers says. They aren't only targeting soda. The school is also getting rid of all those juice 'products'. Bowers points to a can of peach papaya juice and says, "It's really not much peach and not much papaya, just a lot of flavoring and sugar." Just how much sugar? We visited Children's Hospital dietician Michelle Smith-Beckley to find out. She showed us that 8 ounces of Juicy Juice contains 7 1/2 teaspoons of sugar. That's just a half teaspoon less than the same amount of Mountain Dew! "Many, if not all the drinks, are loaded with sugar, and have no nutritional benefit for the students," Smith-Beckley warns. Most of the students we talked to are pleased with the changes. Amber Patt says, "It makes me feel sick when I'm in school eating chocolate and candy, it doesn't feel good." Andrew Amato is a little less sure. He says, "I guess it's a good thing, stay healthy, live longer lives." But the students don't want to be left in the dark. "We should have a say what goes in the vending machines," Amber says. Bowers says every change the school has made has either been student-suggested, or there's been significant conversation with the students. While some of the new rules may seem strict, school leaders don't want to be known as the 'food police'. "We're not standing at the doors, saying empty your pockets, show me you don't have a snickers bar," Bowers says. So in the end...it's up to the students themselves to make the healthy choice. School leaders are also cutting down on the amount of snack food that can be sold at school fundraisers. Also...sorry kids, no more pizza parties! The school is cutting out all outside delivery. The federal 'Alliance For A Healthier Generation' requires all schools to have some sort of wellness policy that can be monitored and measured. Schools are expected to be at 100% compliance by the 2009-2010 school year.