WASHINGTON—The American Beverage Association (ABA) released the Alliance School Beverage Guidelines Final Progress Report that reveals the beverage industry's major companies and their school partners have delivered on a 3-year commitment with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, to remove full-calorie sodas from schools and replace them with a range of lower-calorie, nutritious, smaller-portion choices.
The report revealed there has been an 88-percent decrease in total calories contained in all beverages shipped to schools; a 95-percent reduction in shipments of full-calorie soft drinks to schools; and the beverage mix in schools continues to shift to waters, portion-controlled sports drinks, diet drinks and 100-percent juices.
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