Serving Water with School Lunches Would Reduce Childhood Obesity

Healthline ^ | 12/10

[txrefugee]

And serving that water with one piece of bread would save even more money and would definitely cause them to lose weight.

[McGavin999]

It used to be that you were served a glass of water as soon as you were seated. This may have merit

[Billthedrill]

All right then, a non-sugar drink that has plenty of nutrition and is carbonated and that the kiddies will love. Colonial American kids sure did. Beer, of course.

Nobody listens to me.

[grania]

There might be something to this. In the school situation, it's tough to get enough water. In some schools kids can bring bottled water, some not. In most schools, water from a fountain is a bad idea (spread of disease). Besides that, bathroom use is seriously restricted....a real incentive to not have enough liquid.

It was a real issue when I was teaching. Even if I guzzled enough water between classes to stay hydrated, there weren't enough breaks in the day for the rest room.

[Hieronymus]

In my day it was water or milk. I clicked on the article expecting to see that milk was hugely fattening.

[PraiseTheLord]

SKIM MILK <======== heard of it ???????

[ do they even still sell it ]

[buffyt]

I was skinny kid. Skinny teen. Skinny young adult. We had whole milk with meals. I was way too skinny till age 55. Beanpole.

[Bob434]

Dang- no more liquor?

[Mears]

We only drink water with our lunches and dinners——I raised my family that way and they raised their families that way.

Not a fattie in the bunch.

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[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

What drink company lobbied for this bullsh*t?

[cba123]

You know, I might catch some grief for saying this, but for just this once, I think there (may) be something to this.

[nickcarraway]

[Fungi]

Let the parents feed the children, not the school. So the school is the de facto parent, taking responsibility for feeding the child? Next up--"parents" will only procreate, the state becomes everything else to the digit known by its government number. Abolish government schools indoctrination centers.

[stylin19a]

of course. gruel is the answer.

[txhurl]

Isn’t it amazing to imagine the whole colonial population running around running around buzzed starting at 7am back then? When did it end, and why?

[cherry]

try this on the precious elderly....there would be riots in the streets....

try taking seat belts away from senior citizen buses....wait for the uproar...

but the kids....they can get by without bus seatbelts and they damn well can get along without milk....

how many kids ONLY get to drink milk at school...or perhaps their finicky and milk is their only protein...

[Daffynition]

[JohnyBoy]

>There might be something to this. In the school situation, it’s tough to get enough water.

Don’t schools have water fountains? They did when I was a kid.

[JohnyBoy]

>Isn’t it amazing to imagine the whole colonial population running around running around buzzed starting at 7am back then? When did it end, and why?

Around the time the Irish started coming over. Irish couldn’t control themselves around cheap booze so states started putting restrictions on it. There was a big leftist social movement in the 1800s similar to how to they treat illegals and blacks today.