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Comment #3772

2019-05-06T03:27:15Z

Bizarre. I'd call that a leftover from the discredited "fat is the demon" craze of long-ago. And yet even as recently as Switch, making the move from whole to low-fat milk is promoted as an effective way to combat obesity.

The soda lobby must be HUGE. I think of the fuss made about bottled water companies draining our aquifers: it is in truth a problem for Florida, but why are soda manufacturers exempt from this concern?

And why can our children easily get unhealthy soda for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all times in between, but to give them the benefits of good, fresh, straight-from-the-cow milk in Florida, one must pretend they are pets? Perhaps this is just the flip side of all those people who pretend their pets are children....

Comment #3771

2012-07-12T13:11:31Z

Here here! (Or, for those who want to bare arms, hear hear!) The best quote I have heard came from a high-schooler in "Digital Immigrants" who said he had to "power down" when he got to school. I don't think he was simply talking about his phone, either. . .

Comment #3770

2012-07-11T02:19:34Z

"Due to the obesity problem in America", reimbursement for half-pints of milk served at school is now restricted to fat-free or 1% milk only, not 2% - we were recently informed. Seriously?? How about soda machines in schools and cut backs in physical education programs being more significant contributors, to say nothing of what you have mentioned?