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Study: Soda Bans in Schools Have Limited Impact

November 8, 2011

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"The study, which looked at thousands of public school students across 40 states, found that removing soda from cafeterias and school vending machines only prompted students to buy sports drinks, sweetened fruit drinks and other sugar-laden beverages instead. In states that banned only soda, students bought and consumed sugary drinks just as frequently at school as their peers in states where there were no bans at all..."

Go here for the full story in the New York Times.

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