Removing Calories from Schools

We promised parents that we would change the beverages offered in schools, and we delivered. The School Beverage Guidelines were a voluntary effort — in collaboration with Alliance for a Healthier Generation — that removed full-calorie sodas from schools and replaced them with more lower-calorie, smaller-portion options. In fact, our voluntary guidelines were so effective the beverage component of the USDA Smart Snacks in Schools Beverage Guidelines were largely based on them.