Comments on: Soda ban has no effect http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/11/soda-ban-has-no-effect/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Donalbain from the UK http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/11/soda-ban-has-no-effect/#comment-41404 Donalbain from the UK Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:02:20 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6412#comment-41404 I would rather the kids waited until after school to have their coke. At least then it isnt me who has to deal with them hyped up on sugar and caffeine! I would rather the kids waited until after school to have their coke. At least then it isnt me who has to deal with them hyped up on sugar and caffeine!

]]> By: Little Swallow http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/11/soda-ban-has-no-effect/#comment-41403 Little Swallow Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:57:05 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6412#comment-41403 Perhaps this is an unfair comparison, but ... high schools don't allow drinking alcohol or smoking at school, and that may not necessarily decrease overall alcohol consumption or smoking by teens because they can do it on their own time compared to if schools allowed it during school hours ... But more seriously, I hope that the point of banning soda was not ONLY to lower consumption, but rather to have a school culture that does not explicitly condone choices that are unhealthy. I also think that perhaps the fight for banning sodas in some schools has likely increased attention to sugary drinks for both teens and parents, and this may have affected the overall lowering of teens' consumption of sodas, regardless of whether it was their high school or another one in the news. Perhaps this is an unfair comparison, but … high schools don’t allow drinking alcohol or smoking at school, and that may not necessarily decrease overall alcohol consumption or smoking by teens because they can do it on their own time compared to if schools allowed it during school hours …

But more seriously, I hope that the point of banning soda was not ONLY to lower consumption, but rather to have a school culture that does not explicitly condone choices that are unhealthy. I also think that perhaps the fight for banning sodas in some schools has likely increased attention to sugary drinks for both teens and parents, and this may have affected the overall lowering of teens’ consumption of sodas, regardless of whether it was their high school or another one in the news.

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