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Food is the necessity of human beings but what food they choose is the main question. Kids and teenagers nowadays like to consume high fat and high calorie beverages and food items. Certain trends have caught on about the intake of beverages, it was not always so. The lunch menus in schools offer a wide variety of food and beverages. The most sought after drinks in schools nowadays are carbonated soft drinks. Due to the availability of vending machines this trend has increased. Almost 60% of students can buy soft drinks from vending machines that are being considered the main problem in the consumption of more nutritious beverages. School stores and a la carte lines offer soft drinks that are harmful for kids of all ages. Healthy drinks like low fat milk, flavored milks, whole fat milk and 100% juice are also offered in schools and with awareness being created in the younger generation, the consumption of such drinks is on the rise.