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Andrewsgal
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Speaking of fat kids
Andrewsgal
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I just picked up a friends kid from school. He said they got rid f white milk because no one bought it so now they just have strawberry and chocolate. Um hell no. DDs school only has white milk and all the kids drink it fine.
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Re: Speaking of fat kids
Eh, I probably am in the minority but I don't really have a negative opinion on flavored milk. It motivates kids to get an important nutrient and doesn't have that much added sugar. https://www.healthyeating.org/milk-dairy/dairy-facts/chocolate-milk.aspx https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/2013/08/22/back-to-school-chocolate-milk-edition
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Yeah, but milk has a very short shelf life and is purchased in bulk. If you don't have enough kids consuming it and you're wasting more than you're using, what do you do then?
So if five kids out of 300 are drinking white milk, someone should go out and personally buy them white milk? Milk manufacturers don't sell mass produced milk boxes/bottles in small quantities.
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I doubt every single kid drinks white milk. I'd rather there be options for the kids who won't drink white milk to get milk in their bodies. I think a lot of the time the alternates are much worse than the minimal additional sugar flavored milk brings.
I doubt every single kid drinks white milk. I'd rather there be options for the kids who won't drink white milk to get milk in their bodies. I think a lot of the time the alternates are much worse than the minimal sugar flavored milk brings.
We either that or water and since we are talking kids 5 and up. I think that is totally fine. Kids don't NEED milk. They do need the vitamins and nutrients found in milk that can be found in other foods. I am glad they only offer white milk. I think of we were talking a lower income school where the meals at school are the bulk of their daily nutrition I would agree with you but that is not the case here.
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Oh, I realize milk isn't necessary and you can make up the nutrients elsewhere. I have two kids who don't drink cows milk--one who can't tolerate it and one who flat out refuses it since the day it went in his cup at twelve months. If I could get him to drink flavored milk I'd have a freaking party. Lol. It is trickier making sure he gets plenty of cheese, yogurt and broccoli in his diet vs knowing he's getting what he needs in two glasses of liquid a day. If I had my choice between water or chocolate milk for him to consume with his lunch, I'd take flavored Milk anyday. I agree in a higher income area there's probably less of a need for alternates since the kids who don't like milk are more likely to have parents more conscientious about nutrition but I don't think that's everyone. I'm team offer flavored milk in schools.
The problem is they have to appeal to the masses. I think when were on the bump and/or living in areas where people are better educated about nutrition but this isn't a representation of our population. 1 in 3 kids has a weight problem. Most kids are not consuming enough calcium. Milk not only provides important nutrients and helps with weight, not adds to it.
The funny thing about this was yesterday everyone was so gung ho about screenings in school to help ignorant parents and/or the single mom who couldn't afford to miss work to bring their kid to their well visits. When it comes to calcium consumption and their special snowflake being tempted by the chocolate milk now everyone should drink water and too bad if kids are calcium deficient. The truth of the matter is maybe that poor single mom can't afford enough milk for her four kids. That chocolate milk might be the only calcium that kid sees in their diet. We know kids aren't getting enough calcium and research is showing us that is not only flavored milk helping to control kids weight long term it's providing essential nutrients lacking in kids diets.
My son has been offered white milk in school since January as that is all they offer. He still doesn't touch it and drinks out of the water fountain instead. Offering a kid something doesn't mean they drink it. I'm 31 years old and was offered white milk in school for 13 years and only started drinking it when I got pregnant.
Then you have a large amount of kids that are calcium deficient which is a current problem that is sadly understated. I know the moms of the bump are knowledgable about providing ample calcium in the absence of milk but we are not representative of the population. A kid who has a little extra sugar but milk is healthier than a kid that drinks solely water. Period.
Andplusalso 4 tsp of extra sugar a day is ALOT no just a little extra sugar. Considering low income kids eat 2 meals a day at school.
That's the thing though--chocolate milk isn't causing childhood obesity. We have this whole trend of making kids drink lowfat milk and only drink plain white because its going to help control weight and i think its going to help more than hurt. kids are going to drink even less milk and get less calcium Than they already do which is dismal. the protein and fat from the milk keep a kids belly fuller--with water theyre just going to be hungrier and go home and binge on more shit their parents keep stocked in the cupboards. The two extra teaspoons of sugar in flavored milk is sadly the least of kids nutritional concerns today. The important nutrients, healthy fat and protein far outweigh the 8g of sugar. Eta-it's 2 teaspoons, not 4.
That's the thing though--chocolate milk isn't causing childhood obesity. We have this whole trend of making kids drink lowfat milk and only drink plain white because its going to help control weight and i think its going to help more than hurt. kids are going to drink even less milk and get less calcium Than they already do which is dismal. the protein and fat from the milk keep a kids belly fuller--with water theyre just going to be hungrier and go home and binge on more shit their parents keep stocked in the cupboards. The two extra teaspoons of sugar in flavored milk is sadly the least of kids nutritional concerns today. The important nutrients, healthy fat and protein far outweigh the 8g of sugar.
Eta-it's 2 teaspoons, not 4.
Says KC show me your studies. And not ones that say milk help with weight loss I have seen those.
That's the thing though--chocolate milk isn't causing childhood obesity. We have this whole trend of making kids drink lowfat milk and only drink plain white because its going to help control weight and i think its going to help more than hurt. kids are going to drink even less milk and get less calcium Than they already do which is dismal. the protein and fat from the milk keep a kids belly fuller--with water theyre just going to be hungrier and go home and binge on more shit their parents keep stocked in the cupboards. The two extra teaspoons of sugar in flavored milk is sadly the least of kids nutritional concerns today. The important nutrients, healthy fat and protein far outweigh the 8g of sugar.
Eta-it's 2 teaspoons, not 4.
It's four when they are drinking two chocolate milks a day! One with lunch and one with breakfast.
That's the thing though--chocolate milk isn't causing childhood obesity. We have this whole trend of making kids drink lowfat milk and only drink plain white because its going to help control weight and i think its going to help more than hurt. kids are going to drink even less milk and get less calcium Than they already do which is dismal. the protein and fat from the milk keep a kids belly fuller--with water theyre just going to be hungrier and go home and binge on more shit their parents keep stocked in the cupboards. The two extra teaspoons of sugar in flavored milk is sadly the least of kids nutritional concerns today. The important nutrients, healthy fat and protein far outweigh the 8g of sugar.
Eta-it's 2 teaspoons, not 4.
It's four when they are drinking two chocolate milks a day! One with lunch and one with breakfast. Well my daughter must be so unhealthy then. She doesn't drink milk. Only water. I better run and get her calcium checked.
Oh shit mine too! Wonder why our registered dietician we work with said nothing? How odd she needs to talk to KC who obviously learned more on the internet than she did getting her masters.
Didn't I just say my kids don't drink milk? Of course kids can be healthy and have the calcium they need in the absence of milk. I just don't think that applies to the masses. I'm going to go out on a limb and say most low income Americans aren't making their kids smoothies with kefir and flaxseed to supplement their diet.
I don't disagree there needs to be more education but in the meantime drinks that are highly motivating for kids to consume calcium are necessary for the masses. When there's only ten percent of teenage girls getting enough calcium it's obviously going beyond low income families as well.
If highly motivating calcium containing foods aren't the solution, then what is?
Seriously, I don't disbelieve that calcium deficiencies are an issue. I do disagree that the fix is for schools to offer milk in whatever crappy sugar-filled, dye-filled form they can.
It's like I said yesterday in the thread about fat letters, you can look, separately, at issue through your lens in your little bubble and at the greater issue as it applies to the masses.
If highly motivating calcium containing foods aren't the solution, then what is? By that logic we should feed all kids low on iron chicken fried steak.