Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Chocolate Milk Debate



Some schools have banned chocolate milk from school lunches. Watch the story from ABC news and think about how this makes you feel. At Twain, the cafeteria serves both white and chocolate milk. White milk has 100 calories and 12 grams of sugar, while chocolate milk has 140 calories and 24 grams of sugar.

Will the information in this video change your decision about your milk choice?
Do you think chocolate milk is adding to the childhood obesity problem in America?
Should chocolate milk be banned from school lunches? Why or Why Not?

22 comments:

Quinn O. said...

The information on chocolate milk will not change my decision about milk. I don't drink chocolate milk at school. I do not think that flavored milk is adding to the childhood obesity in America. Because kids choose not to go outside and play, if they do go outside and play then they can work off all the fat and calories that is in chocolate milk.

Kate S. said...

I think they should ban milk. I think they should ban milk because it is unhealthy. I never drink chocolate milk but I do not want anyone to get obsessed because they drink chocolate milk. I think they should ban or replace chocolate milk.

Charlie said...

I think that we should get new cholocolate milk because it has too much sugar in it and not that healthy for us. I think that it is adding childhood obesity. They should ban chocolate milk.

Trevor said...

Yes, before I heard how bad the chocolate milk is for you I decided that it should be banned and other milk can still be good tasting and good for you. If we get used to the healthier milk then the richer milk won’t taste as good as the other milks.
Yes I do think that it is adding to the childhood Obesity because 70% of the schools give out the unhealthy milk. In my class I would guess that 60 to 70% buy milk and get the chocolate milk that is bad for you.
Yes, I do think that we should ban milk and replace it with some healthier milk for kids. I think that it would be better for the kids because they will not become obese or not be able to run as fast as other kids and feel bad.

Evan M. said...

This will change my decision about milk because chocolate milk has more fat and sugar so maybe this lunch and for now on I will have white milk.
This is probably adding to the child obesity problem because kids want the things that taste better but it is just adding up fat
I think that chocolate milk should be banned because some kids could have it every day and parents could be worried about the school health for school lunches.

Lucas said...

I think the facts in video won’t change my mind about milk flavor choices because I’d drink normal milk anyway.
I think chocolate milk is just a small problem with childhood obesity. I really think it is all the fried stuff that we eat like chicken nuggets for example.

I think that chocolate milk should be banned from schools because it has too much sugar and makes us all hyper.

Nolan said...

I do not think that the dabate my will change my decision because I do not get fat no matter how much I eat. However I don't think that the milk is the problem. I think that the fried food is the problem. I do not think it should be banned from Twain.

Rachael said...

The information in this video will change my decision about milk because I have seen the differences for myself and chocolate milk is loaded with calories and sugar.
Yes, I do think drinking chocolate milk is part of the childhood obesity because of how much sugar it’s loaded with.
No, I don’t think chocolate milk should be banned from school lunches because some kids might want it once in a while, we shouldn’t have it every day but we could at least have it once in a while.

Riley said...

Yes this video did make me think about the drink I want. I think that they should band chocolate milk from schools because that is what I think is stating childhood obesity and we should do something about it or else.

If kids are obis then kids are going to have a shorter life spanned then other kids would. If I could band chocolate milk from schools I would.


I hope that they band chocolate milk the one that is bad I would.

Tyler said...

I think that they should ban only the unhealthy kinds of chocolate milk and replace them with new kinds of chocolate milk that are healthy. I only get chocolate milk once a week because it is not healthy and I consider it a treat and I only get treats on weekends. I really want to taste the new kind of chocolate milk.

Chloe said...

Chocolate milk should be banned from school, and no the information from the video will not change my decision on my lunch choice because I never drink chocolate milk and to be honest I have probably only tried are chocolate milk a few times since I started going to this school. Yes I very much think that chocolate milk is adding to the childhood obesity problem, because it has a lot more fat in it and more sugar that plain old milk. I think that chocolate milk should be banned from school not only because I don’t like it but because it more bad for you than what you can be drinking. If kids want to bring it in their home lunches and their parents are ok with it that’s that. It should not be sold in school though.

Nadia said...

I think this video changed my decision on the unhealthy chocolate milk. I think that we should have the new chocolate milk, so we can have two different choices of milk instead of one. The info in the video changed my view of what milk I should drink because of the ingredients that are added into the chocolate milk, like the sugars that are added.
I think that the unhealthy chocolate milk could be adding on to childhood obesity. I think this because of all of the sugars in the milk. So I think it could be adding on to this problem.
I think it should be replaced with the new type of milk, so we can still have chocolate milk but healthier.

Caroline S. said...

I think we should ban chocolate milk. I also think that we could replace it with strawberry milk. Strawberry milk would be a much better choice. It is a problem with childhood obesity because, it is teaching to eat and drink all the bad choices. For now on I am going to get the plane milk in the cafeteria. The video changed my thoughts about chocolate milk. Now I think we should not have chocolate milk.

Emma A. said...

I personally think our school should ban chocolate milk from school lunches. Next time I by lunch I will try the white milk. I think the chocolate milk is adding to America’s obesity problem considering the chocolate milk has all that fat and sugar. Yes, I think chocolate milk should be banned from school lunches because of the child obesity. It may taste a little better but the white milk is better for you. The video changed the way I thought about white milk and now my opinion is to ban chocolate milk.

Joey said...

I don’t really drink much milk, but if I did, this video definitely would change how much of it I’d drink. I think it’s pretty likely that drinking chocolate milk is adding to the childhood obesity problem because of all the sugar in it, but not very much. I would be fine if chocolate milk was banned from school lunches, however I really don’t see any reason that this needs to happen.

Kayla S. said...

I can’t have milk so how I think it affects other people is that it has too many calories and too much sugar. I also think that chocolate milk affects kid’s lunches by kids don’t get a super healthy lunch as if you bought water. Yes I think that chocolate milk is adding to the childhood obesity problem because chocolate milk has so much calories and so much sugar. I also think that chocolate milk should be banned from school lunches because all the chocolate isn’t good for your diet.

Kayla .H. said...

I think that chocolate milk has too much fat and sugar. Even though I love chocolate milk myself it has TOO MUCH SUGAR!!!!! I know that it is a miracle that Riley T. does not buy lunch or she would buy it and be on a sugar rush for life.
I will now make better decisions about milk.
I think that chocolate milk is affecting the obesity of kids.
YES chocolate should be banned.

Chris.J said...

The information in this video will change my decision of chocolate milk, because I do believe that chocolate milk is filled with tons of sugar and fat. I also think that chocolate milk causes obesity in the USA because of all the sugar in it. I think that chocolate milk should be banned from schools, because of all the sugar students are consuming then it will become a big problem.

Taylor said...

I think school lunches could be with-out CHOCOLATE MILK because of all the calories and fat it has in it.
Today I will definitely not get CHOCOLATE MILK with my lunch because of how un-healthy it is. It would be a bad choice for me.

Look at kids in America and look at if they look over weight or not. Look at what your friends eat for lunch and drink. I used to drink it every day until today.

We do need to ban it from lunch. Don’t you think so?

Alex said...

I think that they should go with the new kind and that it probably tastes like chocolate skim milk. I think that even if there was the old kind and the new kind I would choose the new kind because I always drink skim milk. My school goes with one percent milk but I think that they should go and get the healthy kind. If they do I will always get that kind because I think it is healthier than the old kind.

Alexa said...

Yes, I think the video about chocolate milk will change my milk choice in the cafeteria to white for now on. I did not know how many calories and sugar are in chocolate milk.
Yes, I think chocolate milk is adding to the childhood obesity in America because of all the sugar and calories in it.
Yes, I think that chocolate milk should be banned from school lunches to help stop childhood obesity. I think that they should change the ingredients so it does not have so much sugar and calories.

JENNA B said...

No because i like chocolate milk and kids at my school arnt getting sick. But it does need to be more fresh