I think the biggest culprit is SODA! Go anywhere and you will see kids drinking it--empty calories, sugar galore.

I just heard a news report that children are now showing up with low bone density and they are blaming the fact that they don't get enough dairy! I almost laughed outloud! All that soda is the reason for the low bone density. When they drink the soda, their body can't absorb the calcium and it just takes what it needs from the bones.

I was thinking for years that when this generation of kids grows up, they will all have osteoporosis and it is already headed that way.

Get the soda out of the schools and make it less attractive for kids and maybe we can save them.

I remember as a child getting a Coke at a soda fountain and it was served in a 6 oz glass. Now you can barely find one under 16 oz and some places serve up to 42 oz in one huge cup.

Atrsy