milk
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Getting sugar out of schools means getting it out of milk too, says head of Harvard nutrition
Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, weighs in on the dairy industry's campaign to keep offering kids chocolate milk, despite the array of sugar-related health problems America is facing.
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New report challenges whether chocolate milk is better than no milk in schools
Few have dared to question the dairy industry's position that children need calcium and vitamin D however they can get it, even if it comes from sweetened flavored milk. A landmark recent study poses the first serious challenge to that idea.
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A new front in the chocolate-milk wars
A Washington Post columnist is worried -- along with the dairy industry -- that kids won't drink milk at all if they can't have chocolate or strawberry. What harm could a few teaspoons of sugar do? Well, a lot -- when they add up to 7 pounds of sugar per kid per year.
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Ask Umbra on the impacts of and alternatives to milk
If you think milk comes from a benevolent dairy fairy, you’re in for a surprise. Umbra answers a question about dairy cows and milk options that are friendlier to animals, the environment, and your health.
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School Nutrition Association steps up for its 'patron,' the dairy industry
The School Nutrition Association exists to "advance good nutrition for all children." So why is it promoting sugary milk drinks in school cafeterias?