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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are not watching out for this you should be.

On a daily basis I have kids bringing for snack (not dessert):

[b]Packaged muffins, cookies, brownies,[/b] Doritos, cheetos. And the quantities they are bringing are astounding too.

This is terrible brain food. It makes them sleepy, unfocused and it’s terrible for their health too![/quote]

At our school they hand these out for breakfast- well not "cookies" but sweet muffins and pastries.  Plus juice or chocolate milk.  I agree it's terrible for the reasons you state but this is far from just a problem of poor parenting.[/quote]

Chocolate milk is one of the top nutritious recommendations for pretty much every serious athlete in the world. But some influencer or random journalist told you it’s uNhEaLtHy so you get your panties in a twist at the thought of a kid drinking it once or twice a day.

It’s very obvious that most of you do not have older kids (or kids you’ve actually managed to raise to adulthood). The sanctimommy is strong in this thread.[/quote]

This is school,  where kids are sitting all day (with percentage of overweight kids climbing every year), not high performance sports.  Zero rationale for school to pass out chocolate milk.  Regular milk has 13 g of natural sugar. [/quote]

If you think chocolate milk is what is causing kids to be overweight I have a bridge to sell you. [/quote]

Why not just give out white milk? Why do kids need chocolate milk at all? [/quote]

Because a food your child doesn't consume or only has a little of has no health value at all, even if it is "healthier" than an alternative they will finish.

Chocolate milk and white milk have the same amount of calories, fat, vitamin D that a kid needs. But if I give my kid white milk, she might skip it altogether or just have a sip or two and decide she's done. So she misses out on most of the nutrients. If I give her chocolate milk, she will almost always drink the entire thing. Thus the chocolate milk is actually healthier, because it results in my kid getting all the underlying ingredients, than the option with no added sugar, which might be preferable in a vacuum but in reality will simply get thrown away.[/quote]

No they don’t.  
Chocolate milk contains high fructose corn syrup as second ingredient. It has 140 calories and 18g sugar for a carton.  White milk has 110 calories, 12 g sugar, no added sugar or corn syrup. That’s a significant sugar difference and totally unnecessary to be giving out at school.  If your kid won’t drink milk without high fructose sugar loaded into it- they must not be hungry. Why are we giving junk as an alternative to actually nutritious food? [/quote]

Yes, they do. You are over focused on added sugars and are simply wrong on caloric intake.

An 8oz serving of both regular milk and chocolate milk contain the following: 8g protein, 2.5-5g fat (depends on whether whole or skim), and 25% DRV of calcium. Those are the primary reasons milk is recommended for children, those are the core nutritional components of milk, and they are identical in white milk and chocolate milk.

Chocolate milk has more calories because of the added sugars. That could be a negative thing for a child trying to lose weight or curb excess sugar (or a woman in her 40s trying to do the same, which I suspect describes many of the posters on this thread). For a child who is underweight or has other high caloric needs (for instance due to athletic activity or being in the midst of a growth spurt), the added calories are either neutral or even beneficial. The added sugar is a downside, but for a child who needs the underlying nutrition and may be reluctant to consume as much white milk as chocolate milk, it's a compromise worth making.

Your belief that a child will only decline to finish their milk because they have already met their nutritional needs for the day is simply incorrect for some kids. My kid regularly declines to finish her milk and then announces she is hungry immediately afterwards.[/quote]

Are you seriously advocating for giving kids extra sugars and high fructose corn syrup? Zero kids need this.  [/quote]

But they need protein, fat, and calcium. Do you not think kids need protein, fat, and calcium? What do you think is worse:

(1) a child who runs gets insufficient protein, fat, and calcium but never consumes extra sugar or high fructose corn syrup; OR

(2) a child who gets the recommended daily values of protein, fat, and calcium but also consumes some extra sugar and high fructose corn syrup in the process.

When you respond, please describe the health impacts of each option.[/quote]

They can all drink plain milk. If they don’t want it, oh well.  School should not be handing out extra sugar, period. [/quote]

You come off as extremely dumb. As my kids would say, take the L and move on.[/quote]

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