Sentences with phrase «chocolate milk in schools»

For years, nutrition experts and healthy food advocates have been calling for a ban on chocolate milk in schools to help curb childhood obesity.

While I very well may eventually take a firm stand either «for» or «against» keeping chocolate milk in schools, I am currently undecided.

I think chocolate milk in schools is totally unnecessary.

The study, titled «Chocolate Milk Consequences: A Pilot Study Evaluating the Consequences of Banning Chocolate Milk in School Cafeterias,» examined what happened when chocolate and other flavored milks were removed from the cafeterias at 11 Oregon elementary schools.

Eliminating chocolate milk in school cafeterias is a subject of great debate, and one that I have yet to tackle on this blog.

There's a Facebook page and an online petition to keep chocolate milk in school lunchrooms.

This month — and partly because of that pressure — Fairfax officials announced that they would reintroduce chocolate milk in school cafeterias.

«What chocolate milk in schools does is to tell kids by example that they don't have to drink milk unless it is sweet, that foods aren't good unless they are sweet, and that schools think flavored milks are good for kids,» said MarionNestle, a nutritionist, New York University professor and influential author of «What to Eat.»

If that wasn't enough, there is also a partnership with the National Football League and this slick promotional video that features Registered Dietitians and celeb - moms Angie Harmon and Rebecca Romijn vocalizing their support for keeping chocolate milk in schools.

I enjoyed the article regarding banning chocolate milk in schools («Chocolate milk lovers have a cow about bans,» Page 1, Nov. 12).

And Ed Bruske of Better DC School Food has an interesting report on chocolate milk in schools.

Imposing a Ban on Chocolate Milk in Schools Could have Negative Consequences A team of researchers from Cornell University have revealed how imposing a ban on chocolate milk in schools could backfire and have more negative impacts than positive.

Wouldn't they immediately call for removal of chocolate milk in schools, if data showed that it would increase the number of children choosing milk in school?