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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Studies report that kids are drinking way more sugar-sweetened beverages now despite years of health guidance against doing so. Guidance to just drink water or milk is clearly not resonating for a large portion of the population. Kids are people, and people are biologically programmed to like sweet treats.

I hate stevia as a sweetener, but this is a better sweet beverage than something like a Capri Sun or Gatorade or especially a soda. Probably even better than straight juice from a glycemic impact perspective.

Harm reduction is the name of the game here. I approve. [/quote]

Agree. I don't think her target population is the typical DUMC parent. Low income kids are huge consumers of sugar-sweetened drinks. This stuff is available at Walmart and Safeway, not Whole Foods. I think she's trying to appeal to a demographic that typically doesn't have a lot of healthier options. https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/6420/76-of-low-income-children-regularly-drink-sugar[/quote]

Uh-huh.  And how much is she charging the low-income consumer for her sugary drink?  Ridiculous. If she was trying to influence low-income families to eat better, she should have thrown her weight behind either water or actual orange juice.   :roll: [/quote]

She already has done that — with her efforts to improve school lunches.  She was blasted by quite a few people, including many who viewed her goals as “unrealistic “.  
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