Food

By Elise Purkapile

The chance to eat alligator and camel are enticing, but the most popular foods at the Minnesota State Fair are old classics.

By Cassie Davies-Juhnke of St. Louis Park High School and Iman Jafri of Saint Paul Academy and Summit School

On the first Saturday of the Minnesota State Fair, 18-year-old Tyler Otte’s champion Angus beef cattle earned him $5,600.

By Franny Alfano and Belinda Ampofo of Como Park High School

Type 2 diabetes is a growing health concern in Minnesota and the nation. More and more, teens struggle with this form of diabetes.

By Kiara Clark of Cristo Rey High School

At a young age John Busch, 21, wanted to play fullback like his older brother Tom, but he was always put on the offensive line because he was overweight.

Busch, a senior at the University of St. Thomas, weighed about 200 pounds in 6th grade. He can’t remember a time when his eating habits were healthy.

By Mariah Davis

By ThreeSixty contributors and Suzy Sorensen, nutritionist

Nice try. Ketchup does not count as a vegetable. Two courageous teens tracked their diets for three days in a food journal and turned them into a nutritionist to see how well they are eating.

By Suzy Sorensen, nutritionist

I just noticed that I ate hamburgers at school more than twice in less than a week. That is so bad, but I think that I’m going to keep doing this (journal) because it helps me see how my nutrition is doing.

By Suzy Sorensen, nutritionist

Jeremiah, 15, of Minneapolis, has high blood pressure.

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By Sinthia Mireya Turcios and Sinthia Mireya Turcios of Washburn Senior High

Our parents have been trying to make us eat vegetables and fruits since birth to try and keep us healthy, but as we grow into our pre-teen and teen years, our parents start to let us have more choices of our own. One of these is choosing what we eat. It seems teens prefer bad foods, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Thousands of years ago, humans used to choose foods high in fats and sugars to store that fat in their bodies for when the times of not having enough food came. Over the thousands of years, we still haven’t overcome that type of thinking,” said Jamie Stang, a professor of nutrition at the University of Minnesota.

By Timothy Johnstad, Lisa Fan, YungJen Vang, Mariah Davis, Tony Zappia and Nyasia Arradondo

The first Saturday of the Minnesota State Fair, six ThreeSixty reporters spread out to investigate how to have the most fun at the fair for just $10 – not including the ticket price.

The reporters found lots of things to do with just $10, but also discovered some of the more popular activities and food at the fair were out of their price range.

By Grace Pastoor and Matthew Aguilar and Grace Pastoor

Finding free stuff at the Minnesota State Fair can be fun, but tiring. Walking through the fair you’ll find many booths of businesses that are mostly concerned with advertising — no stuff for sale on a stick. Most people would not look at them twice if they didn’t know they gave out free stuff. We were sent out into the fair to find all the free stuff we could, and this is our advice.

By Cory Weaver

As many teens enjoyed their last day of summer at the fair, it seemed that the Republican National Convention and the election were far from their minds.

Of the 10 teens interviewed at the Minnesota State Fair – mostly at the CNN Election Booth – the majority said they haven’t been following the Republican National Convention that opened in St. Paul on Monday.