Twitter slams USDA for proposing school chocolate milk ban, calls for happiness to be allowed.

Social Media Reacts to Proposal to Ban Chocolate Milk in Schools

Social media users were quick to react to reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a proposal to ban chocolate milk in elementary and middle school cafeterias across the country. The proposal has already been adopted in major cities like San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Critics argue that the ban could lead to children drinking less milk and that it is an unnecessary restriction on a product that most kids enjoy and that has nine essential nutrients.

Public Health Concerns

One official, Erica Lauren Kenney, a public health and nutrition professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, supports the proposal, stating that “from a public-health perspective, it makes a lot of sense to try to limit the servings of these flavored milks because they do have quite a lot of added sugar.”

Twitter Reactions

Twitter users had mixed reactions to the proposal. Some criticized the ban, suggesting that it is an unnecessary restriction that could lead to children drinking less milk. Others mocked the proposal, with one user suggesting that the government might as well “just ban happiness.”

• “Nanny State wants to suck all the fun out of life.” – @irishspy
• “Why don’t they serve the children cardboard?” – @LegInsurrection
• “Yeah… that is what is causing obesity. A half pint of milk. Not the lack of movement or added sugar and deadly high fructose corn syrup and additives in everything they eat. Every school day should have at least two exercise periods.” – @SteveMcNY
• “Just ban happiness, why dontcha?” – @Thogar
• “Y’all won’t do s*** about gun violence towards schools… but you’ll ban the babies from drinking chocolate milk?! Gtfoh” – @jordynmccrazy12
• “They want to ban chocolate milk in schools but not all the overly processed meat they serve? OK.” – @ashleyanneb

A decision on the proposal, which would impact some 30 million students, is expected by next year, with affected students being those in school by the 2025-26 school year.