"Roger Schlafly" wrote in message
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"JG" wrote
Ah, those impetuous peds! ...

Here is the ped link. It says:

nutritious alternatives such as water, real fruit juices and low-fat
milks
are available for vending, and can help preserve school revenues.
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/jansoftdrinks.htm

Apparently the AAP also disapproves of schools selling whole milk,
and only wants kids drinking low-fat milk. It also thinks that the
schools should be selling water as a nutritious alternative. I always
thought that the schools let kids use the drinking fountain for free.
Maybe the AAP thinks that the schools can just put bottled water
in the coke machines, and kids will happily pay for it.

It explains that milk is more nutritious than soda because it
contains calcium, but why does it think that water is more nutritious
than soda? Soda is 98% water.

If the AAP is really so concerned about the sugar in soda, why doesn't
it say that diet sodas are ok? And doesn't it realize that fruit
juices
also have sugar in them?

Excellent points. A "special report" from The Center For Consumer
Freedom, "Soda Ban Lacks Scientific Fizz"
(http://www.consumerfreedom.com/headl...ADLINE_ID=1953),
also mentions some *benefits* of having pop machine in schools.

The recommendation ends by saying that the vending machines
should be moved outside the cafeteria, so that kids buy their drinks
at times other than lunch.

Yet another wacky and unfounded AAP recommendation ...

Tsk...and from such an apolitical group...