[HiTech RedNeck]

An approach which would neatly dovetail the issues of lactose intolerance and “excess” calories would be to pre-treat the chocolate milk with lactase. That would supply a sweet flavor without extra sugar calories or indigestible lactose.

Frankly, these are kids and decades ago most kids did not need to worry about being fat until well into their adulthood. Then recess times, when kids would jump, run, pirouette, and otherwise work off excess energy, not because Jack LaLanne told them to but just because they were kids, got truncated to less than 15 minutes — and pill-pushers to subdue these restless tribes were unleashed upon the classrooms.

[Army Air Corps]

Then recess times, when kids would jump, run, pirouette, and otherwise work off excess energy, not because Jack LaLanne told them to but just because they were kids, got truncated to less than 15 minutes — and pill-pushers to subdue these restless tribes were unleashed upon the classrooms.

Spot on. When I was a kid, we unleashed our nervous energy at recess and didn't have to be turned into zombies with prescription drugs.

[muawiyah]

Consuming fat doesn't make you "fat". Consuming carbohydrates can make you "fat".

Most certainly eliminating recess for lessons in putting condoms on cucumbers was not a wise decision either.