Thursday, June 16, 2011

Two on education

College students who take later classes tend to drink more and do worse in school. Link (Hint:  Correlation does not imply causation)

LA schools to remove chocolate milk from the menus, as well as corn dogs, chicken nuggets, and other "fast food" type meals.  To replace them are "Spinach tortellini in butternut squash sauce and California sushi rolls, along with many ethnic foods".  Sounds like a plan to me!

When I was in school, I always got chocolate milk if it was an option.  It seems like a simple solution to cut back on bad food choices to take away chocolate milk, and it seems to me that the replacement meals look better than the original greasy spoon ones!

1 comment:

  1. I read that about the LA schools today too. And as to the college students, I can definitely see how that might be the case: maybe the students who take later classes chose them because they like to sleep in late, after partying (i.e. drinking) the night before, which could also lead to poor grades. Or something like that.

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