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about fricking time.
I never figured out how any one thought coke in school was a good idea.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...300319_pf.html
Nearly All Sodas Sales to Schools to End
By SAMANTHA GROSS
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 3, 2006; 8:31 AM
NEW YORK -- The nation's largest beverage distributors have agreed to halt nearly all soda sales to public schools, according to a deal announced Wednesday by the William J. Clinton Foundation.
Under the agreement, the companies have agreed to sell only water, unsweetened juice and low-fat milks to elementary and middle schools, said Jay Carson, a spokesman for former President Bill Clinton. Diet sodas would be sold only to high schools.
Cadbury Schweppes PLC, Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and the American Beverage Association have all signed onto the deal, Carson said, adding that the companies serve "the vast majority of schools." The American Beverage Association represents the majority of school vending bottlers.
The deal follows a wave of regulation by school districts and state legislatures to cut back on student consumption of soda amid reports of rising childhood obesity rates. Soda has been a particular target of those fighting obesity because of its caloric content and popularity among children.
"It's a bold and sweeping step that industry and childhood obesity advocates have decided to take together," Carson said.
A man who answered the phone at Cadbury Schweppes' London headquarters said no one was available for comment. Calls seeking comment from the other distributors were not immediately returned early Wednesday.
Nearly 35 million students nationwide will be affected by the deal, The Alliance for a Healthier Generation said in a news release. The group, a collaboration between Clinton's foundation and the American Heart Association, helped broker the deal.
"This is really the beginning of a major effort to modify childhood obesity at the level of the school systems," said Robert H. Eckel, president of the American Heart Association.
Under the agreement, high schools will still be able to purchase drinks such as diet and unsweetened teas, diet sodas, sports drinks, flavored water, seltzer and low-calorie sports drinks from distributors.
School sales of those kinds of drinks have been on the rise in recent years, while regular soda purchases by students have been falling, according to an ABA report released in December. But regular soda is still the most popular drink among students, accounting for 45 percent of beverages sold in schools in 2005, the report said.
The agreement applies to beverages sold for use on school grounds during the regular and extended school day, Carson said. Sales during after-school activities such as clubs, yearbook, band and choir practice will be affected by the new regulations. But sales at events such as school plays, band concerts and sporting events, where adults make up a significant portion of the audience, won't be affected, he said.
How quickly the changes take hold will depend in part on individual school districts' willingness to alter existing contracts, the alliance said. The companies will work to implement the changes at 75 percent of the nation's public schools by the 2008-2009 school year, and at all public schools a year later.
Many school districts around the country have already begun to replace soda and candy in vending machines with healthier items, and dozens of states have considered legislation on school nutrition this year.
The agreement follows an August decision by the American Beverage Association to adopt a policy limiting soft drinks in high schools to no more than 50 percent of the selections in vending machines. That recommendation was not binding.
© 2006 The Associated Press
about fricking time.
I never figured out how any one thought coke in school was a good idea.
Do they still sell Hos-Hos and Twinkies in public schools?
there were never twinkies or ho ho's in MY public school.
there was hot lunch, cold lunch or salad bar.
juice, milk, choco milk.
We used to have Twinkies and Ho-Hos in vending machines.
Right next to the cigarette vending machines.
I think they balanced each other off, so we didn't have this obesity problem.
I bet if they let kids smoke, those calories would burn right off.
You must be talking about the 70's or 80's
You Old School You
My mom used to smoke at school. she had to have a permission slip form her mom, it was a boarding school.
Yeah, we could smoking in the designated "smoking area".
If you were under 18, you had to have a permission slip from your parents.
I didn't smoke, but occasionally made some $$ by signing permission slips.
The first year they quit letting that happen was my Freshman year at Roosevelt.
I have no problem with this at all. NEISD has a parent portal online now so I can look at what my kids buy on their lunch account ... including extra servings, extra ice cream, cookies or whatever.
I'm all for independant thought and giving my kids certain freedoms and all of that crap, but kids (young ones especially) aren't exactly known for their will power to stay away from things that are soooo bad for them when they taste soooo good and mom's not looking.
But just the sodas aren't going to cut it. I went to eat lunch with my daughter a few weeks ago, and the only thing they offered that day in the lunch line anywhere remotely healthy was a salad...consisting of one paper thin slice of tomato and about 1/4 cup shredded lettuce. The rest was just crap.
I went ot public school in CT so I have no idea what goes on in Texas... but from everythign my husband has told me....... ick.
We must have gone to the same school.
We also used to play dodgeball the old fashioned way.
Coach would leave us in the gym with a bunch of balls and say "see ya".
That was also a good way to combat obesity, though occasionally at the sacrifice of an eye.
Oso you make me laugh every day
Man ... I loved it when it rained.
I assume you were one of the meaniesMan ... I loved it when it rained.
There was a lot less child obesity back then. We actually had to go to gym class everyday. I don't think that's required any more.
How long before Starbucks finds a way to swoop in to fill the void?
Coke isn't gonna do it. They took all that crap away from us a long time ago. Then they brought it back...or well some of it. The vending machines actually were taken away for longer, and we did get an extra water machine (dasani yay for that) in place of a coke one. I'm glad they're leaving the diet drinks in, because sometimes that caffeine is really really needed. As long as they keep vending machines though nothing good is going to happen. And I can't say that any of the crap they serve in the lunch line is even remotely healthy. It was all pretty gross back when i went there.
Sounds like you would thrive in an 1800's western school.
If you think todays food and drink are bad....
No AC and a huge 7 layer young ladies school dress. Plus crap rotten food and having to walk home a couple miles.
(Not picking on ya just saying put it in perspective and be happy to have basic things).
Last edited by Vashner; 05-03-2006 at 02:11 PM.
Ha Vashner, i never ate the food they served at school. I'm just saying it was all pretty unhealthy.
We didn't even have vending machines when I was in school and the cafeteria food was pretty damn good.
I think kids should have a choice.
The food meets all of the nutritional guidelines it's supoosed to. It's a lot healthier than you think. Now whether it taste good or not is a different story.
On topic, I like this move, but I dont. I'd just buy my soda before I go to school either way, it's probably cheaper. But the kids should have options. I really would be suprised if Starbucks swooped in like someone mentioned earlier.
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