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Pa. schools weigh parental fast-food ban (Too many fat kids)
AP ^ | 6-8-2006 | None Listed

Posted on 06/09/2006 6:05:22 AM PDT by nckerr

PALMYRA, Pa. - Parents who visit their children at lunch would be required to eat school food rather than bring the children fast-food lunches under a proposed wellness policy in the Palmyra Area School District.

That doesn't set well with some parents. Lori Swisher, who has three children at Forge Road Elementary School, agreed the schools don't need soda machines or daily doughnuts, but bristled at "one more government restriction."

Swisher said she occasionally has brought pizza or a sub to her kids at school. "I like to think I serve mostly healthy meals, but when all three have sports, sometimes fast food is the option," she said.

The school board will vote June 15 on the guidelines, which Collene Van Noord, director of curriculum and instruction, said is part of a nationwide effort to combat childhood obesity by teaching healthy eating and exercise habits.

Proposed changes include limiting the selection of a la carte treats in the cafeterias and encouraging healthier treats for classroom holiday parties for Valentine's Day and Halloween. "We're not saying no cupcakes and birthday treats," Van Noord said, but veggies and fruit will be encouraged.


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KEYWORDS: fatkids; foodpolice; healthpeople; healthypeople2010; obesity
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ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL PING


121 posted on 06/09/2006 3:29:10 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (That's taxes, not Texas. I have no beef with TX. NJ has the highest property taxes in the nation.)
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To: Bella_Bru

I said it, you can agree or not.


122 posted on 06/09/2006 3:32:38 PM PDT by Protagoras ("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
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To: HamiltonJay
You think private schools don't have the right to do the same thing?

Schools do not have rights. Groups of people and institutions do not have rights.

and I'd have no issue at all with them banning fast food from their premises..

No problem. You are free to send your kid there or not.

in fact, they'd be freeer to do it that public schools because no one can claim its violating their civil rights.

Government schools routinely violate rights. The mere act of compulsory education is a violation of rights.

Abolish government schools and the problem disappears.

123 posted on 06/09/2006 3:36:33 PM PDT by Protagoras ("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
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To: twigs
And she and her friend will have such pride in knowing that they can do things well that has significance for them and their families. Talk about self esteem!

Self esteem was never something I thought about, but you're right about that.

They told me what they wanted and they know that they have to deal with it. Yesterday they weeded the flower bed. I don't do floweres, but I bought them and the girls planted them, so they have to keep them weeded. The same goes for the watermelons and pumpkins they want to grow. They have to hep maintain the patch.

124 posted on 06/09/2006 5:25:02 PM PDT by Gabz (Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
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To: Balding_Eagle
The line between myself and karl Marx is that I'm not wasting my time trying to force people to be better. I just don't want them taking my money (through taxes, welfare, etc.) because they don't know how else to live.

BTW, name-calling is no substitute for the exchange of ideas.

125 posted on 06/09/2006 6:52:46 PM PDT by Alien Gunfighter (Secular Misanthropist)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Euthanasia is ok, to.


126 posted on 06/09/2006 6:53:12 PM PDT by Alien Gunfighter (Secular Misanthropist)
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To: nckerr

>>Very good. It is locla government making the restriction on public school grounds. May actually force parents to quit poisoning their kids with junk that causes diabetes and causes a whole host of medical problems. Did anyone see Dr Phil yesterday about the fat kids of America? If your kid is fat, it is your fault when someone picks on them at school and they are ridden with diseases later in life such as cancer.<<

Let me explain something to you.
I am a homeschooling mom. My hubby insisted that my 6 year old do kindergarten this year.
In the two months that she was in there, she gained 7 pounds. Why? We walked to and from the school every day, why would she gain weight?
Here is your answer....junk food.
Every day in the three hours she was there, she got a snack. We don't do snacks at home, we fight weight. Parents brought in juice boxes (liquid sugar) and goodies every day.
News alert, Peanut butter ritz crackers are not healthy either! When I sent in apples and milk for a snack, no one ate them.

Couple that with the big 30 minutes once a week for gym, where if they didn't behave they sat (not laps, sat) and kids having birthdays at least once a week, she blew up.

Now we walk and swim to get it off.

Don't tell me McDonalds is any worse than the crappy lunches they were serving either. When my older one was in school, I packed her lunches because the grease balls they passed off for lunch were so bad.


127 posted on 06/10/2006 4:24:57 AM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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To: nckerr

More nanny-state. Just what we need. (/sarcasm)


128 posted on 06/10/2006 4:29:06 AM PDT by neutrino (Globalization is the economic treason that dare not speak its name.(173))
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To: Alien Gunfighter

You have to be kidding? The teachers' unions should control what kids get to eat? Don't you believe that is just a little bit too much government intervention into personal rights?? Twinkies got me through the muck of Junior High. And the cafeteria food today is dung. Chips with cheese sauce is better than a Big Mac?

I cannot stand this governmental push to tell our kids what to eat. It is the 'agenda of the day.'


129 posted on 06/10/2006 8:35:12 AM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: bboop
You have to be kidding? The teachers' unions should control what kids get to eat?

I don't care if anyone controls it. The point is that the fat-ass parents and their fat-ass kids can't control themselves and wouldn't know what to do unless someone told them to do it (and probably still wouldn't do it, unless someone made them do it).

But hey, I don't care if your kids are blimps. It'll be just that much easier for my son to make them cry. The fat sissies will probably have a lot of lunch money for him to take, too.

130 posted on 06/10/2006 3:43:22 PM PDT by Alien Gunfighter (Secular Misanthropist)
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To: Alien Gunfighter

>> But hey, I don't care if your kids are blimps. It'll be just that much easier for my son to make them cry. The fat sissies will probably have a lot of lunch money for him to take, too.<<

People like you are the reason why I homeschool.
You must be the head of "The Lord of the Flies"

I hope I just missed your sarcasm tag.


131 posted on 06/10/2006 4:18:23 PM PDT by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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To: Bella_Bru

Did the chicken... and you were right... it was very easy! the secret is to not to skimp on the basting steps, and to resist temptations to remove skin or otherwise cut down on the fat; it all runs to the bottom anyway and so these steps are the only ones keeping it from being as dry as the Sahara... something I'm sure my family neglected. Thank you. I'm very happy, and feeling less of a bachelor.


132 posted on 06/13/2006 6:42:01 AM PDT by Seamoth (Kool-aid is the most addictive and destructive drug of them all.)
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To: Seamoth

Glad it worked out! :-)

Yeah I don't eat the skin, but I leave it on during cooking, because it does insulate the bird.


133 posted on 06/13/2006 7:05:38 AM PDT by Bella_Bru (http://folding.stanford.edu/ - - - -Folding@home. Free Republic team 36120)
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To: synbad600
You don't want to eat those crunch berries anymore. They are now blue, green and purple as well as red. Oh, and they have a really bad taste. Too sweet, and they leave a sugar grainy feeling on your teeth.

And Apple Jacks are now red and green.

134 posted on 07/25/2006 6:15:42 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Gabz
The initial expense seems like a lot at one time, but when you break it down it comes out to practically pennies per meal.

This past Christmas, the school that my daughter attends we made dinners for all her teachers, the administration, the governing board and their families.

We made 117 servings of chicken parmigian, a quart of sauce for each family along with a pound of un cooked spaghetti. It was packed with reheating instructions and a bow. The total cost was $65.00.

That was less than we spent the year before on junk for her teachers only. And everybody liked having a good meal without having to cook.

A meal will become our gift every year. Oh, and the time spent cooking is about the same as shopping for 9 or 10 different gifts.

135 posted on 07/25/2006 6:37:12 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Betty Jane

WOW - what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!


136 posted on 07/25/2006 6:49:44 PM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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To: Gabz
It was really great. It started off with one batch for one of the secretaries to try. She was raving about it to some of the teachers, when a plan was hatched.

We'll do a different meal every year. The teachers really did appreciate having a night off from cooking, especially that week before Christmas break when it gets really hectic for all of us. Oh, and I hate shopping and like cooking.

One more thing I learned from this. Teachers don't want or need any more world's greatest teacher plaques, mugs, or other "stuff", and they get too many sweets during that last week of school.

137 posted on 07/25/2006 7:10:11 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Betty Jane

Homemade jellies and preserves........as well as homemade cookies and candy is what I do. I don't go the plaque route, as much as my 8 year old would like me to :)

I'm like you, I would rather cook than shop - I HATE shopping.


138 posted on 07/25/2006 7:21:19 PM PDT by Gabz (Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
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To: Alien Gunfighter

WOW! What was that you said about name-calling?


139 posted on 07/25/2006 7:26:26 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby
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To: Betty Jane

I must ask. What drew you to this after so long?


140 posted on 07/26/2006 5:36:54 PM PDT by synbad600
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