date:Nov 19, 2012
Chocolate milks dark reputation of late may be about to turn around, thanks to scientific evidence and public opinion that support the sweetly flavored, calcium-rich drink.
By linking chocolate milk to childhood obesity, critics of the beverage have helped influence school districts across the country to ban it from school lunch menus -- notably Los Angeles Unified School District (within which are 688,000 students) after the 2011 school year, citing the amount of sugar served in flavored milk.