Posted on 02/21/2012 8:37:46 PM PST by Steelfish
Lawmaker Wants To Ban Gatorade, Other Sugary Drinks From Schools
Over the past decade, California leaders have enacted several laws banning the sale of soft drinks in public schools. Now, a state lawmaker wants to take that ban a step further.
Santa Barbara Assemblyman Das Williams, a Democrat, introduced a bill last week that would ban the sale of sugary, electrolyte-replacement drinks such as Gatorade from school campuses during school hours. There are some exceptions, such as school fundraisers, and elementary school kids would never be allowed to buy such beverages on campus, whether school is in session or not.
The bill is sure to be incite opposition, as the earlier measures did, but it also has strong support.
The California Medical Association released a statement Tuesday praising the measure and noting that 1 in 3 California students are overweight or obese. Sports drinks, the association said in a written statement, were designed to “replace fluids after intense exercise.”
“Sports drinks are an inappropriate option for California students. They were designed for athletes who have been sweating for an hour or more, not for children as they walk across campus or eat their lunch,” said Harold Goldstein, executive director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. “(This) bill will close a loophole that has allowed the beverage industry to continue using California public schools to sell products that contribute to childhood obesity and diabetes.”
CMA president President James Hay also noted that many of these types of beverages contain high-fructose corn syrup and or other calorie-laden sweeteners but are mistakenly viewed by the public as healthy.
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Gatorade is NOT sugary.
God, this state known as Kalifornia just gets rediculouser and rediculouser.
Thank heavens they have all the Big Stuff figured out! It's not like California runs out of money next month or anything.
Das Williams? Is he any relation to Das Kapital?/s;)
Das Williams is a Muslim who was born in Indonesia.
I'm drinking G2 as I write this. 7g of sugar per serving. Mountain Dew has 46g.
You can’t make this stuff up, and the mediots write this stuff without the slightest questioning, outrage, or ridicule.
A freekin 32 oz bottle is 50 calories!
Regular Gatorade is about 210 calories per 32 ounce serving.
This is still more nanny state BS though.
How many convenience stores are going to close over these laws?
Nothing like making low productive people more dependent upon government.
Yeah, I don’t know about that sir. I’ve drank a few hunnerd gallons of that stuff, lurve it, but 32 oz. of regular Gatorade has to be at least 200 cals.
G2 maybe, dunno.
But gay marraige is OK, according to the CA courts.
Stay safe, FReeper.
The only thing surprising is that this is starting up before the election.
No school in the 50s and 60s that I attended had any vending machines and schools certainly did not sell soda. You could get a carton of milk for 2 cents for lunch and in the mornings and afternoons the water fountains were just fine for quenching thirst. After gym class, you also drank water from the fountain.
Actually, it was shocking to see the soft drink corporations make inroads into schools desperate for money. I don’t see anything wrong at all with banning vending machines, soft drinks, candy, chips, etc from our public schools.
Is it a mere coincidence that childhood obesity began to take off when vending machines were introduced into schools?
This is G2
Gatorade, at 32oz, has about 240 calories.
G2 would have about 25 calories or so, for a 32oz.
Good ol Shiner.
Based on the high percentage of obese people using them, I think we should ban food stamps. Just sayin’.
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