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So we have a choice between potentially having heavier kids who can be guided to make better eating decisions, and having hungry kids who can't stay awake in class because the food sucks. Our country is already about the lowest you can get among advanced nations in terms of education, Mrs. Obama's school lunch thing just pushed us even lower.
We don’t need to raise picky snowflakes. You eat what’s in front of you. Many were brought up like this.
Most sack lunches from home are also thrown in the trashcan, by students who have enough money in their pockets to buy junk food at school.
So who's got the guts here to say the kids are not always the victims here?
Too many individuals here don't have the commom sense to not stick a smoke-stick in their own mouths. What makes us think they are willing to make premium choices with our children's nutrition?
Garbage food is cheap and easy to keep preserved. The day we start seeing healthy food distributed from fast food joints, gas stations, and in more than about 5% of our own grocery stores, I see no hope.
Watching the news this evening, after returning home from a 15 hour shift, let's see what we adults are stuffing our pieholes with, shall we? Broncos stadium, 5 worst, Pepsi Center, 7th worst, and Coors field, 9th worst.
So what seems to be the problem with their already garbage food?
So we have a choice between potentially having heavier kids who can be guided to make better eating decisions, and having hungry kids who can't stay awake in class because the food sucks. Our country is already about the lowest you can get among advanced nations in terms of education, Mrs. Obama's school lunch thing just pushed us even lower.
How did increasing nutrition in school lunches "push us lower"? That makes no sense. If kids refuse to drink unsweetened milk you think we should just throw a bottle of chocolate milk at them so that they can stay awake during class? A lot of school lunches both those provided by the school and food brought from home goes uneaten because kids want to rush through lunch and go outside and play. I did it when I was a kid, my own kids did it and now my grandson does it. Maybe it would be better to give kids two or three breaks during the day for fruits, vegetables and yogurt and forego the trip to the cafeteria.
Trump didn't do this to make america great again, he did it because his friends in the food industry pushed him to do it. They are the ones who want our kids to grow up eating empty calories and loving every minute of it.
I can't remember most school food ever being great. When I was growing up, most of it was greasy, overcooked (especially the vegetables), and utterly devoid of flavor. It would be wonderful to return to the good old days, if only they existed.
Trump Just Made School Lunches Great Again! Michelle Obama DEVASTATED
Not sure how to do it but we need to provide healthier foods for our young school kids. I doubt Mooch knew anything much about nutrition but I did support the effort to make school lunches healthier.
Seriously, we need to teach and practice good nutrition in the USA.
Bring your own damn lunch. It’s not my job to feed other people’s kids. I couldn’t afford kids, so I didn’t have any. Don’t punish me for your mistakes.
Lunch Program
20 million free lunch
2 million reduced price ( 0.40)
8 million full price
4.9 billion lunches served annually
Breakfast
11.6 million free breakfast
0.8 million reduced price ( 0.30)
2.4 billion breakfasts served annually
The percentage of children who are overweight/ obese has more than trebled since the 70’s.
Reportedly, 60% of vegetables and 40% fruits are tossed in the garbage. Obviously, a heck of a lot of school- aged children are not hungry enough to eat what is offered.
If I were Nutrition Queen for a day, it would be oatmeal and fresh fruit for breakfast and omelets for lunch. Milk and water to drink.
That’s it. Don’t like it, byob or do without.
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