No more milk
Ban Milk From School Lunches: National Physicians Group Pushes Petition (DOCUMENT)
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a national vegan and physician group based out of D.C., has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking for milk to be banned from school lunches, according parenting site BabyCenter.
According to the report, PCRM claims that the beverage is “…high in sugar, high in fat and high in animal protein that is harmful to, rather than protective of, bone health.”
Despite the American Heart Association's recommendation that children between ages 1 and 8 drink around two cups of reduced-fat milk a day, the PCRM asserts in its petition there are better ways for youngsters to get their calcium.
“Children can get the calcium they need from beans, green leafy vegetables (e.g., broccoli, kale, collard greens), tofu products, breads and cereals. Additionally, a wide variety of non-dairy, calcium-fortified beverages is available today including soy milk, rice milk and fruit juice, all of which provide greater health and nutritional benefits compared with dairy milk.”
Anne Goetze, a registered and licensed dietitian at the Oregon Dairy Products Commission, told the Capital Press that while calcium is available in other foods and beverages, it couples many other necessary vitamins as well.
"Milk is its own component because of the irreplaceable package of nutrients it provides," Goetze told the Capital Press.
The report notes that milk sold in schools makes up 7 percent of total milk sales in the U.S.
The PCRM petition also goes against new school lunch guidelines unveiled by first lady Michelle Obama in January that calls for low fat milk and nonfat flavored milk. All meals included on a sample menu released by the USDA call for a serving of milk for students.
School districts across the country have already started to ban sugary drinks like sodas from their lunchrooms, and schools from California to Massachusetts are considering banning, or have already banned, chocolate and flavored milk, citing its high sugar content. Will regular milk be next?
Although animal fat does cause obesity problems, its actually a lot of the preservatives. They say that a skinny person who takes in no fat has just as unhealthy of a hearth than those who are morbidly obese. Its just in a different way. Animal fat in normal doses is healthy and vital. Kinda like using the premium oil in your car. Of course I'm sure most wont believe this because doctors push the latest trend which says no animal fat. If we want our children to be as healthy as possible, they need to push foods that have no preservatives not foods that have no animal fat.
Agreed. Other kids look at my child like shes crazy because most of the knees in her pants have grass stains and the tips of all her shoes are skuffed, (mostly because she doesn't brake witht eh pedals but with her toes on her bike) lol It seems like she doesn't stop eating but I swear she burns off the food before it even touches her mouth.
Quoting Mom2jngnc:
Quoting Ametrine:Hubby and I took our son to the fair last weekend and he had his choice of all kinds of drinks.
He asked for milk. Not chocolate milk, but white.
He was happy as a clam walking around the fair with his "ONE PINT!" milk.
At home, we buy him whole milk and so the 2% at the fair was a fun thing for him.
He's five and a half and wears a slim, btw. I don't believe milk makes kids fat.
I don't believe it does either.
I think the answer can be found in sneakers being outgrown rather than worn out, jeans lacking holey knees, the contents of our own shopping carts.....
It's okay for my girls they have dairy allergies and they provide their almond milk.
things are just getting ridiculous!!! at our school we have true moo which is fat free milk & has no high fructose corn syrup. i know many of our kids wouldn't drink any milk if they didn't have flavored milk & for many the only time they get milk on a regular basis is at school. i'm sure our school is not the only one were that is the case. i'd rather the children drink flavored milk then non at all.
NO, to much eating/drinking and not enough exercise causes obesity. No one is forcing them to eat/drink it.
7 yrs ago at DS#2's WC exam, I was appaled. I picked him up from school, his jeans were covered in grass stains from playtime. When he took of his shoes to get on the scale, you would hav sworn I never washed socks.
The pedi comes in with a student. She goes through the school, diet, TV, activity questions. Then turns to her student (who has been looking in ears, throat etc), and tells him: "You can tell by his socks, that Mom is being honest about the "minimal" TV. Socks don't get that way without a lot of physical activity."
Quoting HaileysMom07180:Agreed. Other kids look at my child like shes crazy because most of the knees in her pants have grass stains and the tips of all her shoes are skuffed, (mostly because she doesn't brake witht eh pedals but with her toes on her bike) lol It seems like she doesn't stop eating but I swear she burns off the food before it even touches her mouth.
Quoting Mom2jngnc:
Quoting Ametrine:Hubby and I took our son to the fair last weekend and he had his choice of all kinds of drinks.
He asked for milk. Not chocolate milk, but white.
He was happy as a clam walking around the fair with his "ONE PINT!" milk.
At home, we buy him whole milk and so the 2% at the fair was a fun thing for him.
He's five and a half and wears a slim, btw. I don't believe milk makes kids fat.
I don't believe it does either.
I think the answer can be found in sneakers being outgrown rather than worn out, jeans lacking holey knees, the contents of our own shopping carts.....
Seems like water would be easier to me.
DD is lactose intolerant anyway, she doesn't like milk (nor do I.)
I'd prefer to see an overall push for healthier school lunches.
Age appropriate chores
The Huffington Post | By Laura Hibbard Posted: 07/25/2012 4:41 pm Updated: 07/27/2012 2:50 pm