Is it a commonsense move to improve children’s health or another sign of overreaching food policing? The Los Angeles Unified School District has drawn both reactions as this week it officially bans chocolate and strawberry milk from school cafeterias.

It’s part of a growing campaign nationwide to combat child obesity. LAUSD officials estimate that 30 percent of its students are obese. Ultimately, however, the district acted after relentless lobbying by James Oliver, a British TV chef and anti-obesity advocate.

Not everyone has embraced the ban. Opponents point to a 2008 study indicating that children who drink regular or flavored milk had similar body-mass-index (BMI) measures compared to kids who didn’t drink milk. The presumption, of course, is that young people who don’t like regular milk just won’t drink the stuff altogether if it’s not sweetened by the chocolate fairy.

What are your thoughts?