The country’s top three soft-Drink companies announced yesterday that beginning this fall they would start removing sweetened drinks like Coke, Pepsi and iced teas from School cafeterias and vending machines in response to the growing threat of lawsuits and state legislation.
Under an agreement between beverage makers and health advocates, students in elementary school would be served only bottled water, low-fat and nonfat milk, and 100 percent fruit juice in servings no bigger than eight ounces. Serving Sizes would increase to 10 ounces in middle school. In high school, low-calorie juice drinks, sports drinks and diet sodas would be permitted; serving sizes would be limited to 12 ounces.
This happens in the United States of America. Source New York Times
Our country are heading the way of stuffing the little ones with too many sugary drinks and I wonder if we are ever going to nip the problem before obesity in children become full blown? If you happened to chance on one of those cross country run by schools (larian merentas desa), you will realise that obesity is a huge, impending problem facing our children. Fat-fat boys and girls are huffing and puffing way behind.
On the other end of the scale, will come the eating disorders like bullimia and anorexia. Parents, we have a huge task being parents, right?
Originally posted 2006-05-04 13:39:35.
