Bring back oranges ... please

If your child participates in a youth sport — soccer or t-ball — and you’ve been asked to bring a “team” snack, what sorts of foods have you provided? Before you answer that question, consider the halftime nibbles of oranges and apples that parents used to bring. Today, that sideline snack scenario has changed, however, such that many players now expect a game “reward” of junk food. The choices are many: Doritos, Oreos, Fruit Roll-Ups, donuts, Rice Krispy Treats and Kool-Aid. Read the label on any of those foods and you’ll see ingredients like partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (a fat that’s converted into cholesterol-raising trans fats), sugar, high fructose corn syrup, salt and artificial colors and flavors. Junk food is fine once i