The Board of Education has agreed to move forward on a plan to eliminate sugary beverages and make Florida the first state in the nation to ban chocolate milk in public schools.
Board member John Padget, a former schools superintendent from South Florida, has been pressing his colleagues for a year to cut out all beverages besides water, pure juice and white, low-fat milk to help fight childhood obesity.
High schools, however, would be allowed to sell some types of diet sodas and some other low-calorie, low-sugar drinks.
Although board members tabled the issue last spring – most said they preferred to wait to see if the federal government would take the lead on the issue – they decided this morning to ask doctors and researchers for their opinions.
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