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Commentary: We are asking the wrong questions about flavored milk
By Brent Walmsley I’d like to respond to the upcoming LAUSD board vote regarding a return of flavored milk at targeted LAUSD pilot schools to study if there will be a decrease in waste. At the moment, there is a lobby attempting to bring sugar-infused (flavored) milk back into schools. The arguments to do this have...
By Guest contributor | October 14, 2016
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An open letter to the LAUSD board: Returning flavored milk is an unhealthy step for students
By Brent Walmsley When one considers that childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past thirty years, taking steps to make sugary drinks more available to students represents the height of absurdity. Yet, after five years of implementing a policy in the best interest of student health, the...
By Guest contributor | June 8, 2016