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Pediatricians on Flavored Milk: Epilogue

September 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · school food

In yesterday’s post about the American Academy of Pediatrics’ stance on flavored milk I attempted to stay as close as possible to the results of my interviews and other reporting rather than my interpretation of what that reporting revealed. Some explanation is in order, since the way in which the information was gathered was somewhat […]

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Have Pediatricians Sold Out to Big Dairy?

September 6th, 2011 · 11 Comments · school food

The Dairy Industry widely touts the nation’s pediatricians as supporting sugary chocolate milk for children. But when I went looking for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ policy on flavored milk in school, what I found was hardly a sweeping endorsement. Instead, the group representing some 60,000 of the nation’s pediatricians cites flavored milk along with […]

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D.C. Schools Chancellor Defends Decision to Ditch Chocolate Milk

June 28th, 2011 · 3 Comments · kids, school food

D.C. Public Schools officials apparently have no intention of reinstating chocolate milk in local cafeterias despite a recent grilling by D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown and the pleadings of a first-grader who polled his fellow students. In an e-mail to Brown dated June 22, newly-confirmed schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson says the decision to remove chocolate […]

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