[Split Infinity]

Yep, the Victorian government is banning all high sugar soft drinks from being sold in canteens, and all public schools have until the end of May to do so. It's their attempt to combat child obesity, apparently, and that the only drink students should need is water. Luckily I go to a private school, although schools of this sort are also being encouraged to incorperate the ban. Let's hope for the best. -_-

[Earthbrand]

Meh, my school never sold soft drink and everyone is frankly a lot healthier.

[I'm Always BROKE]

If they did banned those drink at my school I'd bring them myself... Nobody can stop that... -_-

[My Best Wishes]

It's not that bad. They are only doing it in public schools, and even then, only on FRIDAY. It's not going to work though.

[Split Infinity]

It's a good thing I'm not of those sugar-junkies. My consumption of soft drinks is at a rate of about 375 ml per month.

[Lemontime]

Okay..
And people care... Why?
If you love soft drink so much, you probably should walk the 200 metres extra in the morning to buy it from a super-market or something.. Cause you're probably a fatty..
Mwahahaha! Me? Powerade! Oh yeeeeeeeaah!

[Sea of Time]

Oh, yeah, and Powerade is a whole lot better for you. -_- Our province banned soft drinks in elementary schools, but they still sell them at high schools, so we can still get them. I admit, I have a lot of them, but I'm not fat, and I'm not getting fatter, so who cares?

[musicman2059]

It's not a big deal. Though, it confuses me how they link soft drinks to child obesity. I mean, if they were looking to combat that, why not ban chocolate milk? One day I read that 500mL of chocolate milk has more calories than 500mL of coke.

I think that with this whole child obesity thing, people have forgotten that not everyone has the same metabolism. Some, like me, are lucky enough to be able to eat lots and not show it, while others don't eat much and are still obese.

[Aquamarine]

I drink soft drinks all the time. And when I say all the time I mean ALL THE TIME. And I'm not even close to fat. People actually keep telling me that I should put on some weight.

But I don't think banning these drinks in schools is so disastrous. Just buy a bottle before school and hide it in your jacket or something! Just as Diddy said, nobody can stop you.

[Platinum Sun]

My school stopped serving soft drinks in the cafeteria years ago. The only vending machines with soda are locked up in the school store, which is open like 45 minutes a day. It kinda sucks, but I prefer milk anyway.

[Saturos S.]

We actually finally got a soft drink vending machine at are school. But they don't sell any energy drinks -_-. I kinda drink those a lot.

[Wiflewood]

Yeah, my School stopped serving soft drinks too. Now they only sell water and fruit juice, and energy drinks. I don't care, I just drink water usually.

[Split Infinity]

I think a better idea would be to introduce a parental consent form for the selling of these drinks to students, since they of all people probably know what's best for their kids.

[Neon]

I'm sure you can live without soft drink for the short amount of time you're at school -_-.

[My Best Wishes]

Yea I'll agree the media is blowing it completely out of porpotion. It's a pain but the only soft drinks at my school are :Pepsi, sunkist and solo. Which I like niether. I just buy BIG M's

[Sea of Time]

It's not like it's illegal for you to drink a soft drink in school. You just can't buy them at your school. They're just trying to make it difficult to get your hands on it. If you buy them somewhere else nobody will care if you come to school with them.

[Gardna]

Why do they even care about what you drink...?

[Sea of Time]

Everyone's worried now about childhood obesity and they think that by banning soft drinks they can help solve the problem.

[Gardna]

I think that the problem is in what they eat, not in what they drink o.o
Meals from fastfoods aren't very healthy.

[Sea of Time]

That's a bit of an understatement. Fast food is the problem but parents are just letting their kids eat it! If parents make the effort, maybe the governments wouldn't have to be involved.

[Split Infinity]

watch, on Apr 26 2006, 04:39 PM, said:

Yea I'll agree the media is blowing it completely out of porpotion. It's a pain but the only soft drinks at my school are :Pepsi, sunkist and solo. Which I like niether. I just buy BIG M's

Big M's, of course! Now why didn't I think of that?

[Sea of Time]

Excuse me for asking, but what are Big M's?

[Aquamarine]

Sea_of_Time, on Apr 27 2006, 06:35 PM, said:

Excuse me for asking, but what are Big M's?

I was actually wondering the same thing. Anyways, why don't you just start drinking water and milk Spit? I mean, it may sound impossible and awful, but you can get used to it. AND they're healthier.

[musicman2059]

McDonald's of course.

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Yea I'll agree the media is blowing it completely out of porpotion. It's a pain but the only soft drinks at my school are :Pepsi, sunkist and solo. Which I like niether. I just buy BIG M's

I really don't think Sunkist and Solo are soft drinks. Sunkist is... juice... and Solo is some sort of energy drink.

[Sea of Time]

Ah McDonalds, the source of all things healthy for children growing up. Seriously, McDonalds is way worse than buying soft drinks at school. If kids are just going to go eat somewhere where they're getting fatter than they would be at school, why ban soft drinks? You're basically promoting fat kids now...

~3000

[Split Infinity]

Sea_of_Time, on Apr 28 2006, 02:35 AM, said:

Excuse me for asking, but what are Big M's?

Actually, Big M does not mean McDonald's, it's actually a brand of flavoured milk which comes in little milk cartons. You can get chocolate, strawberry, banana, caramel, ice coffee, blueberry and honeycomb. They're very popular in my area.

[Toasty]

We used to have a brand of milk like that, but it was called 'insane cow' 'chocolate insanity' it was actually pretty good, but I havn't seen it around in a while. They haven't banned anything from here yet. Except supersized fries a McDonalds. But that happened everywhere in the world right? That being said, I'm lucky 'cause I've got a high metabolism. I eat unhealthy things 4 to 7 times a week, and I'm only like 1/2 a pound overweight.

[Eugine]

Just because your thin it doesn't mean your healthy >.<

[Toasty]

Well, I'm physically fit with a high metabolism. How 'bout that? I'm at least faster than anyone I know.

[Split Infinity]

But anybody could say that on the internet and get away with it. Like me saying that I've weighed exactly 50 kilograms for the last year. Which I have. :angry:

[Toasty]

Yeah. But I'm at least telling the truth. And how much is 50kg in pounds anyway?

[Nick Presta]

My elementary school did this over 5 years ago - it makes sense.

If you want pop so bad, bring some from your home.

[Isaac53]

Split Infinity, on Apr 24 2006, 08:00 PM, said:

It's a good thing I'm not of those sugar-junkies. My consumption of soft drinks is at a rate of about 375 ml per month.

In other words your fat Me: :P :P Split: :blink: :(

[Neon]

I bet they havn't banned sales of meat pies and microwave pizzas and confectionary and all that crap :blink:. That's where the problem is, not in soft drinks xD

[Chibi Jesse]

I just drink milk and water.Besides,you can buy those things anywhere they sell them.

[Sea of Time]

Alright, they're finally banning it in high schools here too. However there is a convenience store two blocks from the school so it really doesn't matter. I just don't see a point to banning them. Is it to make them feel better?

[Nick Presta]

That's like saying, "Why make a law that you need to wear a seatbelt when someone can just not wear one". Because its a deterant. If you don't sell softdrinks, the people who don't really want one but usually buy one because there is nothing else to buy, won't be able to get pop.

[Toasty]

If you put it that way, then there actually saving people money. Which is a good thing IMO. However, there are people that want pop badly enough to bring it from home. This is just a neucence to them. Can't make everybody happy. But then again, it wasn't the point to make everybody happy, it was to make them healthy. But seriously, why don't they take away the junk food instead of drinks?

[Sea of Time]

That's what I'm thinking. Drinks barely have any fat in them, it's mostly calories. It's the food that has the fat. So why aren't we serving healthier food in cafeterias?

[TheEnglishman]

Maybe they're trying to work it upwards. Start with something that isn't too bad, like soft drinks, then move up to unhealthy foods.

[Chibi Jesse]

I agree.
The junk food is good to have as a snack if you don't eat it every day of your life.Besides,the sugar it gives to your body will wear out anyway.And so on...