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Belgium wants to give kids beer to keep them off sugary drinks: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12248/belgian-plan-give-beer-schoolchildren https://www.ment
by s_dev 3y ago
Belgium wants to give kids beer to keep them off sugary drinks: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12248/belgian-plan-give-beer-schoolchildren https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12248/belgian-plan-give-...
They tested it out and the test was successful. The kids preferred beer to sugary drinks. The beer was much weaker than what adults are accustomed to at 1.5% to 2% alcohol.
- zeku 3y agoJust some correction here for ppl who skim stuff: The linked article says this was a trial in 2001. Only 1 school did it and it seemed to go well, but no other schools were willing to try it.