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Banning pop from schools doesn’t seem to have a big impact.

Researchers in Chicago studied nearly 7,000 students, some went to schools that banned all sugar-sweetened drinks, others went to schools that only banned pop, or had no drink policy.

They found while students at schools with bans on pop and sports drinks didn’t buy those drinks during school hours, they still drank the same amount as kids at other schools.