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The city of Philadelphia bans sales of sodas at schools

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:23 pm
by cycloneye
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/16 ... index.html

They say that the measure is to keep the students from turning more obesse.

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:34 pm
by blizzard
And saving their teeth. Good move IMO

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:55 pm
by OtherHD
Kids need their caffeine in the mornings. Gets them through the day.

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:01 pm
by Skywatch_NC
They could always serve the kids with an over-weight problem diet sodas. :wink:

Eric

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:03 pm
by OtherHD
Yuck!!

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:18 pm
by DaylilyDawn
I wish they would have done that to Florida schools when my kids were in school. All my daughter will drink is sodas. She drinks very little milk or any other beverage. I am afraid she will develop osteoporosis before she is 35 years old.

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:19 pm
by azsnowman
OMG.....what are these POOR KIDS gonna do? I swear....we NEVER had sodas in school back in those days (course, back in THOSE days, Coke still had COKE in it, along with 7up, 7up had Lithium in it) "LOL!"

Seriously, you watch, someone will hire the ACLU and file a LAWSUIT!

Dennis

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:25 pm
by azsnowman
No, wait......sodas don't have anything to do with God, The Pledge, The 10 Commandments, Prayer, so the ACLU won't get involved!

Dennis

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:31 pm
by blizzard
azsnowman wrote:No, wait......sodas don't have anything to do with God, The Pledge, The 10 Commandments, Prayer, so the ACLU won't get involved!

Dennis


ROFL...

But oh, so true

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 6:38 pm
by Lindaloo
azsnowman wrote:No, wait......sodas don't have anything to do with God, The Pledge, The 10 Commandments, Prayer, so the ACLU won't get involved!

Dennis


They will find a way. The ACLU will say the school has taken away their civil rights to be fat if they wanna be. Watch and see.

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:40 pm
by StormCrazyIowan
LOL!!!

I personally would have DIED had I not been able to drink pop in school, but whatever floats their boat!!

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 7:47 pm
by OtherHD
Me too Jacki. I go to Sonic every morning before school and get a Dr. Pepper so I can stay awake for the day. Nobody would ever be able to part me from my morning soda!

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 8:51 pm
by StormCrazyIowan
SONIC!!!!!!!

Oh don't make me cry!!! I just love Sonic, unfortunately the closest one is in Des Moines! *sob* :lol:

Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2004 9:07 pm
by streetsoldier
Here, it's no problem at all...most of the high-school kids eat off-campus at Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, or Mickey D's...anything to get out of the "food" served in the cafeteria. :eek:

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 12:50 am
by timNms
Our kids are not allowed to leave campus to eat...soooooo, it's either take your own lunch, skip lunch, or risk being poisoned by eating the cafeteria food. LOL. Nah, it's not really that bad. They do tend to have the same thing over and over each week...pizza, burgers, hot dogs... The kids are served milk with their lunches. They have the opportunity to buy juices or bottled water. They aren't allowed to buy sodas or snacks before lunch.

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:29 am
by ColdFront77
I drank a lot of milk when I was growing up, I now drink more soda in the last five years and as some of you know I am far far from obese.

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:34 am
by rainstorm
i think its ridiculous. milk will make you fat long before a soda will, unless its nonfat milk.

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:37 am
by Lindaloo
rainstorm wrote:i think its ridiculous. milk will make you fat long before a soda will, unless its nonfat milk.


Not true!!

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:46 am
by azsnowman
rainstorm wrote:i think its ridiculous. milk will make you fat long before a soda will, unless its nonfat milk.


If that statement were true, Brittney Spears would be a "COW!" She does "Got Milk" commercials :lol:

Dennis 8-)

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 9:32 am
by rainstorm
azsnowman wrote:
rainstorm wrote:i think its ridiculous. milk will make you fat long before a soda will, unless its nonfat milk.


If that statement were true, Brittney Spears would be a "COW!" She does "Got Milk" commercials :lol:

Dennis 8-)


if they paid me enough money i would do "got milk" commercials too.
dont mean i would drink it though. lol!!