Sneaking sugary drinks back into schools |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 10:06 am |
| Tags: calories, children nutrition, childrennutrition, coke, elementary school, elementaryschool, health, high school, highschool, middle school, middleschool, nutrition, pepsi, school, school vending machine, schoolvendingmachine, soda, soda machine, sodamachine, sports drink, sp |
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Filed under: Feeding & Nutrition, Elementary school, Middle school, High school, Public schoolLast year, when the nation's three largest beverage companies agreed to remove their sugary drinks from school vending machines, they were applauded. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Cadbury Schweppes voluntarily agreed to offer only water, low-fat milk and 100 percent juice in elementary and middle schools. In high schools, they would also offer sports drinks and light juices. Since they made these changes voluntarily, they must really care about our children's health, right? Maybe, but their corporate concern for the well-being of America's children was short-lived. After the applause died down, they quietly sought and received an amendment to the agreement.Originally, they agreed to provide only sports drinks and light juices under 66 calories per eight ounces to high schools. In the amended agreement, the wording was changed to include "other drinks" under 66 calories per eight ounces. [ Full article ] |
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