Soft Drinks
Schools should help parents teach good nutrition, not help companies like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo hook children on their high-sugar products.
American children are suffering from an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes. We campaign to expel soft drink manufacturers from schools across the country.
States, cities and school districts should adopt the Childhood Obesity Prevention Agenda to stop the marketing and sale of soft drinks and junk food in schools.
More Information
News Releases
Soda Deal for Schools Is Weak on Marketing and Enforcement, Says Commercial Alert
Gary Ruskin | May 3rd, 2006
Benzene in Some Soft Drinks Prompts Call for Halt on Sales in Schools
Gary Ruskin | March 23rd, 2006
USDA Won’t Enforce Rules Against Junk Food Sales in Schools
Gary Ruskin | June 14th, 2005
Commercial Alert Criticizes National PTA Over Coke Sponsorship
Gary Ruskin | June 4th, 2003
Childhood Obesity Prevention Campaign Launched
Gary Ruskin | April 2nd, 2003
Coalition Wants Schools to Stop Pushing Junk Food on Children
Gary Ruskin and Jim Metrock | July 12th, 2000
Nader, Commercial Alert Ask Seattle School Board to Reject Coke Deal
Gary Ruskin | October 5th, 1998
Articles
Kennedy Introduces Bill to Ban Junk Food From Schools Nationwide
Gary Ruskin | April 18th, 2005
The Fast Food Trap: How Commercialism Creates Overweight Children
Gary Ruskin | October 31st, 2003
Related Articles and Links
Related Articles
Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks
Marian Burros and Melanie Warner | New York Times | May 4th, 2006
Sugary Drinks To Be Pulled From Schools
Caroline Mayer | Washington Post | May 3rd, 2006
Hazardous To Your Health
Nicholas D. Kristof | New York Times | April 11th, 2006
Cutting Sugary Drinks Can Reduce Body Fat
Susan Brink | Los Angeles Times | March 13th, 2006
Hard Times for Soft Drinks
Michael Blanding | Alternet | March 13th, 2006
Big Soda vs. Our Kids: Better Beware of Benzene in Soda Pop
Ross Getman | Providence Journal | March 12th, 2006
FDA Knew of Benzene Problem in Sodas Years Ago
Suzanne Havala Hobbs | Charlotte Observer | March 8th, 2006
FDA Again Finds Benzene in Sodas
David Goldstein | Knight Ridder Newspapers | March 4th, 2006
FDA Re-opens Probe into Benzene Contamination of Soft Drinks
Beverage Daily | February 15th, 2006
Junk Food Nation: Who's to Blame for Childhood Obesity?
Gary Ruskin and Juliet Schor | The Nation | August 11th, 2005
The Fairy Tale About Soft Drink Nutrition Won't Sell
Derrick Z. Jackson | Boston Globe | November 30th, 2004
Coke Finds Its Exclusive School Contracts Aren't So Easily Given Up
Betsy McKay | Wall Street Journal | May 26th, 2001
School Board Ditches Contract with Coca-Cola
Doug Erickson | Wisconsin State Journal | August 29th, 2000
External Links
Center for Informed Food Choices
Relation Between Consumption of Sugar-sweetened Drinks and Childhood Obesity: a Prospective, Observational Analysis
Ludwig, Peterson, & Gortmaker, The Lancet | February 17, 2001
Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming Americans' Health
Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public Interest |
Soft Drinks in Schools
American Academy of Pediatrics | January, 2004
Preventing Childhood Obesity by Reducing Consumption of Carbonated Drinks: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Janet James et al., British Medical Journal
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Weight Gain, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Young and Middle-Aged Women
Matthias Schultze et al.,JAMA | August 25, 2004
Effects of Decreasing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Body Weight in Adolescents: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study
Cara B. Ebbeling, PhD, et al., Pediatrics, March 2006 |