Celebrating Success: Healthier Beverages in Schools

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President Clinton and Dr. Clyde YancyWe know a healthier school environment can result in greater academic achievement and healthier lives for students and school staff. And that is why in May 2006, we worked with representatives of The Coca–Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Pepsi-Co, Inc. and the American Beverage Association to establish the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines to help students make healthier beverage choices in the school environment.

We are proud to share the final results of an independent third-party study to analyze the affect of the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines.

 

  • There has been an 88 percent decrease in total beverage calories shipped to schools between the first half of the 2004-05 school year and the first half of the 2009-10 school year.
  • At the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, 98.8% of all measured schools and school districts were in compliance with the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines.
  • Shipment volumes of full-calorie carbonated soft drinks to schools were 95 percent lower in the first half of the 2009-10 school year than they were in the first half of the 2004-05 school year, before the Guidelines went into effect.
  • In 2004 high school students drank on average one 12 ounce can of full calorie carbonated soft drink at school per week. The current high school shipment levels mean that the average high school student now consumes the equivalent of one can and a half of full calorie carbonated soft drink at school per year.

Read the statement  from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, co-lead for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

Get Involved: Healthy Schools

This announcement is just one step forward to building a healthier generation. Anyone interested in creating a healthier school environment by implementing the Guidelines; improving access to healthier foods; increasing physical activity opportunities before, during and after school; enhancing nutrition education; and establishing school employee wellness programs should join the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s  Healthy Schools Program   which offers free access to a wealth of resources and tools to anyone who wants to help a school in his or her community become a healthier place for students to learn and staff to work. Sign up is free and easy so join today!

 

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