A Cornell University Study suggests that banning chocolate milk for health reasons may be inviting some unintended consequences. Researchers looked at 11 elementary schools in Oregon that banned chocolate milk and replaced it with skim milk.  National Milk Producer Federation’s Chris Galen says the results were what his group expected.

The study found that total milk sales fell 10 percent showing many students were substituting white for chocolate milk. It showed that even though they took white milk, they wasted 29 percent more than before. Galen says by banning chocolate milk there were unintended consequences.

The ban resulted in students consuming less sugar and fewer calories but also consuming less protein and calcium. It also may have been a factor in a 7 percent decrease in participating in the school district’s lunch program.