Study Finds Beverage Companies Provide 90 Percent Fewer Calories To Schools Since 2004

Economists monitoring the beverage industry’s promise to get sodas and many other sugary drinks out of schools found that companies shipped 90 percent fewer calories to schools in 2010, compared with 2004, and reduced shipments of full-calorie sodas by 97 percent, a study published online Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, The Los Angeles Times reported. For the full story, click here.