Water To Lunches Research Paper

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Have you ever been super thirsty during a meal but the only thing you have to drink is something you do not like? If this has happened to you, you know how annoying it is. Right now at Foley Public schools the only option they have for a drink at lunch is milk. Milk may be healthy but kids who do not like milk and lactose intolerant kids are upset with the lack of drink options. When you go through the lunch line you are offered a fruit or starch, a vegetable and a milk. Most kids will take a milk but throw it away wasting most of the money spent on milk. Adding water to lunches would benefit the school in many ways. First off, you would be able to cut your milk budget virtually in half because a good portion of kids would take the water.

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