Clinton hails deal to halt fizzy drink sales in US schools

America’s largest beverage distributors are to halt nearly all sales of fizzy drinks to schools – a step that will remove them from vending machines and cafeterias across the country.

Under the agreement announced by the William J Clinton Foundation, the companies have also agreed to sell only water, unsweetened juice and low-fat milks to elementary and middle schools, said Jay Carson, a spokesman for the former US president. Only diet drinks would be sold to high schools.