Health News
School Soda Ban
May 3, 2006
The William J. Clinton Foundation announced that the nation's largest beverage distributors have agreed to halt nearly all soda sales to public schools. The distributors in this agreement include Cadbury Schweppes PLC, Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc. and the American Beverage Association.
The beverage companies will be selling water, unsweetened juice and low-fat milks to elementary and middle schools under the new deal.
With disappointing reports on rising child obesity rates, many school districts and state legislatures have been working to cut back student consumption of high caloric sodas.