This is a major problem I see with school lunches and preschools: sugar sweetened beverages (including flavored milk--at least make it less available) and foods containing hydrogenated oils should not be served to children. Just because they don't keel over in front of us doesn't mean we're not doing them harm.
Sugar-sweetened drink’s diabetes link ‘clear and consistent’: Meta-analysis: "Regular consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a clear and consistently greater risk of metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes, according to a meta-analysis of 11 published studies."
FCS should really take a strong position on issues such as vending machines in schools.
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