Thu, Jun-13-19, 09:12
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,312
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Plan: modified adkins (sort of)
Stats: 265/176/167
BF:
Progress: 91%
Location: Austin, TX
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Making real milk available in schools once again is a GOOD thing!
I agree that full-fat and 2% milk are more palatable to kids. But I don't think making kid's school milk options more palatable will sharply increase dairy sales. My experience (as a former teacher) is that school lunches come loaded with a carton of milk on the tray whether the kid wants it or not. He/She can choose between the available options but he/she cannot simply decline. The milk comes with the tray. Period.
So, the number of cartons of milk handed out with school lunches depends on the number of school lunches served, not on how tasty the particular types of milk put on the trays is.
However, with even the poorest kids, unless they are literally starving, if they don't like what is on the school lunch tray, they toss it out uneaten. I suspect that a huge percentage of those cartons of fat-free and 1% milk currently being distributed wind up getting tossed in the trash, oftentimes without ever being opened. But those trashed cartons of milk don't affect dairy industry sales figures.
So, I think the real hope is that if kids are given more palatable real or 2% milk options, they'll actually DRINK more of it thereby actually consuming the vitamins and minerals milk contains. For many children, especially those living in poverty, a daily dose of real milk could make a substantial difference in their health.
I hope the bill passes.
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