Got chocolate milk? Parent groups say no amid effort pushing it as ‘health food’

Filed under: Company News When it comes to comfort foods, chocolate milk ranks right up there with pizza and mac n’ cheese. But a campaign to market the sweetened milk as a healthy choice for kids is leaving parent groups anything but comforted. As we know, sugar may be a huge contributor to our obesity crisis and other chronic diseases. The American Heart Association in fact recently recommended children limit their intake of sugar to 16 grams a day. The association might, then, be surprised that pediatricians, dieticians, celebrities and a whole social media campaign are fighting the good fight for chocolate milk, calling it a healthy choice for kids. How much added sugar, you ask, does eight ounces of chocolate milk contain? Four teaspoons, 16 grams, making one serving the maximum a child should consume every day. Continue reading Got chocolate milk? Parent groups say no amid effort pushing it as ‘health food’ Got chocolate milk? Parent groups say no amid effort pushing it as ‘health food’ originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Got chocolate milk? Parent groups say no amid effort pushing it as ‘health food’

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