A step closer to a healthier environment?

This week the children of New Zealand got a step closer to a healthier with the withdrawl of regular soft drinks from all schools. Frucor Beverages and Coca Cola Amatil have withdrawn full sugar drinks and will only supply schools with diet drinks, flavoured waters or fruit juices. Is it enough though?

Well its a good start - regular soft drinks are loaded with sugar and bad not only for our waistlines, but also our dental health. If sugar is left on the teeth it harbours bacteria which creates plaque. So this decision may not just help in the fight against obesity but also in other ways.

Although its a great start to making a healthier environment we still need to do more - what is to stop a teenager walking to the diary near school to buy a soft drink? We all know that while browsing the supermarket it is obvious that soft drink is cheaper than milk (and often bottled water) so it can be a hard choice for those on a budget to make the healthier choice. We still have a long way to go to make the environment more conductive to making the better choice - but its a start!