Should Flavored Milk Be Given in School

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Should flavored milk be given in schools? Did you know that more than 75% of milk is given to our kid in school that is flavored? Do you think that flavored milk should be given to our kids? Well many schools give chocolate milk to students but that is not a good idea. Firstly, it add to much sugar to a children diet. Secondly, drinking it is a step to health issues. Thirdly, it even might affect the life span of the kid who is drinking it. As you can see this are some reason why drinking chocolate milk is a bad choice. Flavored milk can be very bad to kid in a young age. Firstly, it add to much sugar to children diet. Which is super bad for a kid. There are many ways to show you that there is too much sugar. For example in the article “does it do body bad “the American heart association recommit a limit of no more than 3 sugary drink in a week” we should be drinking just 3 sugary drink and there 5 days of school every week so that mean that kid are drink 5 sugary drinks in a week. Another example in another article it states “remarkably a 16 ounce serving a Pepsi even has less sugar and then chocolate milk 58 gram ,which is equal to 14 teaspoon per bottle “ well now you know if has choose from chocolate milk and Pepsi you should pick Pepsi it has less sugar. Well there are many other example to show you that there is TOO MUCH SUGAR. Water and plain milk are very healthy and it an a better drink than flavored milk. Secondly, drinking flavored milk is a step to heath issue. Which you do not want. For example in the article it states “childhood overweight and obesity rates have doubled in the last 2 decades. According to the CDC center disease control, one out two kid are overweight or obese.” BEING OBESE IS BAD and you don’t want to be obese. Another example in the article it states “every half pint of flavored milk is almost 8 gram of sugar which can add 5...