Education News – Kristin Decarr
“A New York Times columnist is making a push for the government to institute a minimum drinking age for buying soda, and would like to see ID required for children who try to purchase sugary drinks at stores. Food journalist and New York Times opinion writer Mark Bittman recently argued on Luckypeach that limiting the availability of soda for children was equivalent to having a minimum age requirement for buying cigarettes…His comments suggest that bad habits, which are hard to break, are created at a young age, and allowing children to consume sugary drinks creates unhealthy adults who have habits they would like to break but can’t.”(more)