More good news: Beverage pullings sodas out of schools
Because of a deal brokered by the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association with the American Beverage Association and major soft drink companies, Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo, sodas, these companies will no longer be selling sweetened soft drinks to elementary and middle schools. They will only sell water, unsweetened juice and low-fat milds instead. High schools will only be able to buy diet sodas for purchase by their students. Diet and unsweetened teas, diet sodas, sports drinks, flavored water, seltzer and low-calorie sports drinks will be available alternatives.
This is great news. Sweetened sodas are a major source of calories for many children and adolescents. Shutting off easy access to these empty calories is a step in the right direction -- and equivalent to tossing the ice cream from the fridge to support your weight loss efforts. It is a great first step in the fight against childhood obesity and its health consequences (diabetes, heart disease, and so forth). Way to go...!
To read more about the deal, click on this link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/03/softdrinks.schools.ap/index.html