URL: http://www.keybridgeresearch.com/news/index.php/view/34/53/Getting_Calories_Out_of_Schools
The beverage industry's progress in reducing the number of calories available to children during the school day, as verified by Keybridge, is discussed in this Wall Street Journal article.
The main trade association representing Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc., and other beverage companies plans to release a report Monday showing that sales of soda and other drinks in U.S. secondary schools have dropped sharply since 2004, in a sign that efforts to improve nutrition in schools are progressing.
The report comes as first lady Michelle Obama is leading a campaign to combat childhood obesity and as Congress is poised to consider regulating the drinks allowed in school-vending machines.
Sales volume of beverages shipped to schools from bottlers fell 72% between the first semester of the 2004-05 school year and the first semester of the current academic year, according to the report, which was compiled for the American Beverage Association by economic research firm Keybridge Research LLC."
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Read The Alliance School Beverage Guidelines Final Report Here